Stasis and turnover in small shearwaters on Bermuda over the last 400 000 years (Aves: Procellariidae: Puffinus lherminieri group)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 699-707

  Olson, Storrs L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cape Verde Islands; Competitive exclusion; Fossil record; P. boydi; P. parvus; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ABILITY; FOSSIL RECORD; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

BERMUDA; CAPE VERDE; NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; MEGADYPTES; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS BAROLI; PUFFINUS BOYDI; PUFFINUS LHERMINIERI; PUFFINUS PARVUS; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 77952870464     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01393.x     Document Type: Article

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