Direct Impacts of Seabird Predators on Island Biota other than Seabirds

Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Drake, Donald R ^a   Bodey, Thomas W ^b   Russell, James C ^c   Towns, David R ^d   Nogales, Manuel ^e   Ruffino, Lise ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^e INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Introduced predator; Seabird; Seabird islands; Seabird predator; Species vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876056839     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199735693.003.0004     Document Type: Chapter

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