Hybridisation by South Island pied oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi) and variable oystercatcher (H. unicolor) in Canterbury

Notornis

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-32

  Crocker, Tony ^a   Petch, Sheila ^a   Sagar, Paul ^b  

^a National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research ^*  (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Conservation management; Haematopus finschi; Haematopus unicolor; Hybridisation; South Island pied oystercatcher; Variable oystercatcher

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; SEABIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

AVES; HAEMATOPUS FINSCHI; HAEMATOPUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 84855888366     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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