Breeding biology and population increase of the Endangered Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-45

  Madeiros, Jeremy ^a   Carlile, Nicholas ^a   Priddel, David ^b  

^a Ministry of the Environment   (Bermuda)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EROSION RATE; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEABIRD; STORM DAMAGE; VULNERABILITY;

BERMUDA;

AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PROCELLARIIFORMES; PTERODROMA CAHOW; RATTUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84858851223     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270911000396     Document Type: Article

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