Breeding success of Northern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes moseleyi) at Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean

Emu

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-141

  Wilson, J W ^a,b,c   Burle, M H ^a,b   Cuthbert, R ^a   Stirnemann, R L ^d   Ryan, P G ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD DESERTION; BROOD SIZE; COLONY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INCUBATION; JUVENILE; PLUMAGE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

GOUGH ISLAND; SAINT HELENA; TRISTAN DA CUNHA;

AVES; EUDYPTES; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 77952893308     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU09095     Document Type: Article

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