The population dynamics of tropical seabirds establishing frontier colonies on Islands off South-Western Australia

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-105

  Dunlop, J N ^a  

^a WA Conservation Science Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demographic transition; Leeuwin current; Population dynamics; Seabird colonies; South Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING POPULATION; COLONY STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77949509071     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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