Changes in sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus) abundance and harvesting on the Rakiura Tītī Islands

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-341

  Moller, H ^a   Fletcher, D ^a,b   Johnson, P N ^c   Bell, Brian D ^d   Flack, D ^d   Bragg, C ^a   Scott, D ^a   Newman, J ^a   McKechnie, S ^a   O'B Lyver, Philip ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Proteus Wildlife Research Consultants   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d Wildlife Management International Ltd ^*  (United States)

^e LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Harvesting; Muttonbirding; Population declines; Puffinus griseus; Sooty shearwaters

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SITE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

MUTTONBIRD ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

CYRILLA; PUFFINUS GRISEUS; RAKIURA;

EID: 72349087066     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220909510158     Document Type: Article

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