The recovering population of the Chatham Island oystercatcher (Haematopus chathamensis)

Notornis

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-31

  Moore, Peter J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chatham Island oystercatcher; Conservation management; Haematopus chathamensis; Population growth

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATOR CONTROL; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); WADER;

AUSTRALASIA; CHATHAM ISLAND; CHATHAM ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PITT ISLAND;

AVES; HAEMATOPODIDAE; HAEMATOPUS;

EID: 58149229103     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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