Introduced mammals, vegetation changes and seabird conservation on the Scott Islands, British Columbia, Canada

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 295-305

  Hipfner, J Mark ^a   Lemon, Moira J F ^a   Rodway, Michael S ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Wildwing Environmental Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAMMAL; NESTING; POPULATION DECLINE; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST);

DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; PTYCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS; RUBUS SPECTABILIS;

EID: 77958501793     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270910000043     Document Type: Article

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