Recent population estimates and trends in numbers of albatrosses and giant petrels breeding at the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-417

  Ryan, P G ^a   Jones, M G W ^a   Dyer, B M ^b   Upfold, L ^b   Crawford, R J M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diomedea; Macronectes; Marion Island; Phoebetria; Population size; Population trends; Prince Edward Island; Thalassarche

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; FIELD SURVEY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD;

MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA CHRYSOSTOMA; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; DIOMEDEIDAE; MACRONECTES; MACRONECTES GIGANTEUS; MACRONECTES HALLI; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA; PHOEBETRIA; PHOEBETRIA FUSCA; PHOEBETRIA PALPEBRATA; PROCELLARIIDAE; THALASSARCHE; THALASSARCHE CARTERI; THALASSARCHE CHLORORHYNCHOS;

EID: 78049514732     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJMS.2009.31.3.13.1001     Document Type: Article

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