Notes on New Zealand mammals 8. Predation on nesting southern royal albatrosses Diomedea epomophora by a New Zealand sea lion Phocarctos hookeri

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-204

  Moore, Peter J ^a   Charteris, Matt ^b   Larsen, Eric J ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b University of Wisconsin Stevens Point ^*  (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

Campbell Island; New Zealand sea lion; Predation; Southern royal albatross

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MAMMAL; PINNIPED; PREDATION; SEABIRD;

AUSTRALASIA; CAMPBELL ISLAND; CAMPBELL ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; DIOMEDEA EPOMOPHORA; DIOMEDEIDAE; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PHOCARCTOS HOOKERI;

EID: 56849098375     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220809510115     Document Type: Article

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