Recent decline of the St Helena Wirebird Charadrius santaehelenae

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-48

  McCulloch, Neil ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT LOSS; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; WADER;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SAINT HELENA;

AVES; CHARADRIUS; CHARADRIUS SANCTAEHELENAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 67749135453     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095927090800751X     Document Type: Article

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