Seabird Habitat restoration on praia islet, Azores Archipelago

Ecological Restoration

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-36

  Bried, Joël ^a   Magalhães, Maria C ^a   Bolton, Mark ^a,b   Neves, Verónica C ^a   Bell, Elizabeth ^c   Pereira, José C ^d   Aguiar, Luís ^d   Monteiro, Luís R ^a   Santos, Ricardo S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c Wildlife Management International Limited   (New Zealand)

^d Direcção Regional do Ambiente   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Azores; European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus); Island habitat restoration; Rabbit eradication; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

HYDROBATINAE; MAMMALIA; OCEANODROMA CASTRO; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROCELLARIIDAE; STERNA DOUGALLII; STERNA HIRUNDO;

EID: 61849149884     PISSN: 15434060     EISSN: 15434079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/er.27.1.27     Document Type: Article

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