Breeding seabirds at Dassen Island, South Africa: Chances of surviving great white pelican predation

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-131

  Mwema, Martin M ^a,b   de Ponte Machado Ryan, Marta ^a,b   Ryan, Peter G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Alacrocorax spp; Eeding success; Lecanus onocrotalus; Predation; Rus dominicanus

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; JUVENILE; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SURVIVORSHIP;

DASSEN ISLAND; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

LARUS DOMINICANUS; PELECANIDAE; PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS; PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX CAPENSIS; PHALACROCORAX CORONATUS; PHALACROCORAX NEGLECTUS;

EID: 77952275528     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00243     Document Type: Article

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