Breeding biology of the Critically Endangered Galapagos petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia on San Cristóbal island: Conservation and management implications

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 306-319

  Cruz Delgado, Francisco ^a   González, José A ^b   Wiedenfeld, David A ^c,d  

^a Galapagos National Park Service   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CHARLES DARWIN RESEARCH STATION   (Ecuador)

^d American Bird Conservancy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; INCUBATION; MORTALITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; SAN CRISTOBAL [GALAPAGOS ISLANDS];

FILICOPHYTA; MICONIA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PTERODROMA PHAEOPYGIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77958488297     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095927091000002X     Document Type: Article

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