Estimates of population size of white-chinned petrels and grey petrels at Kerguelen Islands and sensitivity to fisheries

Animal Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-265

  Barbraud, C ^a   Delord, K ^a   Marteau, C ^a,b   Weimerskirch, H ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Abundance; Burrow density; Distance sampling; Grey petrel; Kerguelen; Procellaria; White chinned petrel

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BYCATCH; DETECTION METHOD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; PROBABILITY;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

AVES; PROCELLARIA; PROCELLARIA AEQUINOCTIALIS; PROCELLARIA CINEREA; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 65649112095     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00248.x     Document Type: Article

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