Estimating regional population size and annual harvest intensity of the sooty shearwater in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-323

  Newman, Jamie ^a   Scott, Darren ^b   Bragg, Corey ^a   McKechnie, Sam ^a   Moller, Henrik ^a   Fletcher, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Harvest intensity; Population size; Population structure; Sooty shearwater; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEABIRD; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; STEWART ISLAND;

AVES; CYRILLA; PUFFINUS GRISEUS; RAKIURA;

EID: 72349097562     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220909510157     Document Type: Article

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