Investigator disturbance reduces reproductive success in Short-tailed Shearwaters Puffinus tenuirostris

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 363-372

  Carey, Mark J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal behaviour; Handling; Impact; Procellariiformes; Puffinus tenuirostris; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLEDGING; HANDLING STRESS; HATCHING; INCUBATION; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PROCELLARIIDAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES; PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS;

EID: 79952721016     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01109.x     Document Type: Article

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