Trends in numbers of petrels attracted to artificial lights suggest population declines in Tenerife, Canary Islands

Ibis

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 167-172

  Rodríguez, Airam ^a   Rodríguez, Beneharo ^b   Lucas, Matthew P ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Calle La Malecita S/N ^*  (Spain)

^c University of Hawaii   (United States)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Light pollution; Population size; Rescue campaigns; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; LIGHT POLLUTION; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD;

CANARY ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

BULWERIA BULWERII; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS BAROLI;

EID: 83855165712     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01175.x     Document Type: Article

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