Population trends and conservation status of the Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi at Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-120

  Cuthbert, Richard ^a   Cooper, John ^b   Burle, Marie Helene ^d   Glass, Conrad J ^c   Glass, James P ^c   Glass, Simon ^c   Glass, Trevor ^c   Hilton, Geoff M ^a   Sommer, Erica S ^a   Wanless, Ross M ^b   Ryan, Peter G ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Government of Tristan da Cunha   (Saint Helena)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GOUGH ISLAND; SAINT HELENA; TRISTAN DA CUNHA;

ARCTOCEPHALUS TROPICALIS; EUDYPTES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 67749139674     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270908007545     Document Type: Article

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