Impacts of predation by the invasive black rat Rattus rattus on the Bulwer's petrel Bulweria bulwerii in the Bonin Islands, Japan

Restoring the Oceanic Island Ecosystem: Impact and Management of Invasive Alien Species in the Bonin Islands

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 51-55

  Kawakami, Kazuto ^a   Horikoshi, Kazuo ^b   Suzuki, Hajime ^b   Sasaki, Tetsuro ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Institute of Boninology   (Japan)

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EID: 84865773753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-53859-2_8     Document Type: Chapter

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