Spatial variation in burrow entrance density of the sooty shearwater (Puffinus griseus)

Notornis

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Kristin, Charleton ^a   Bragg, Corey ^a   Knight, Ben ^a   Fletcher, David ^a   Moller, H ^a   Newman, J ^a   Scott, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Burrow density; Habitat selection; Harvest; Puffinus griseus; Sooty shearwater; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BURROW; HABITAT SELECTION; HARVESTING; POPULATION DENSITY; SEABIRD; SHALLOW SOIL; SOIL DEPTH; SPATIAL VARIATION;

NEW ZEALAND; SNARES ISLANDS;

AVES; PUFFINUS GRISEUS; RAKIURA;

EID: 73049102783     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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