Effects of geolocation archival tags on reproduction and adult body mass of sooty shearwaters (Puffinus griseus)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-366

  Adams, Josh ^a   Scott, Darren ^b   McKechnie, Sam ^b   Blackwell, Grant ^b   Shaffer, Scott A ^c   Moller, Henrik ^b  

^a MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding success; Foraging; Geolocation and telemetry; Shearwaters; Sooty shearwaters; Tag effects

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NATURE CONSERVATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; TELEMETRY;

CODFISH ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

AVES; CYRILLA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS GRISEUS;

EID: 72149121951     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220909510160     Document Type: Article

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