Seabird conservation status, threats and priority actions: A global assessment

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-34

  Croxall, John P ^a   Butchart, Stuart H M ^a   Lascelles, Ben ^a   Stattersfield, Alison J ^a   Sullivan, Ben ^b   Symes, Andy ^a   Taylor, Phil ^a  

^a BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION SIZE; PREDATION; RED LIST; SEABIRD;

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EID: 84858856180     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270912000020     Document Type: Article

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