Emergence, growth, ageing and provisioning of Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri) chicks: Implications for translocation

Emu

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-44

  Binder, Daniela ^a   Priddel, David ^b   Carlile, Nicholas ^b   Kingsford, Richard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ageing criteria; habitat restoration; seabird; translocation

Indexed keywords

AGING; BREEDING POPULATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; EMERGENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; PHILOPATRY; POULTRY; SEABIRD; TRANSLOCATION;

AUSTRALIA; LORD HOWE ISLAND; NEW SOUTH WALES; NORFOLK ISLAND; PHILLIP ISLAND; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84874243959     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU11051     Document Type: Article

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