The State of Seabird Island Ecology: Current Synthesis and Global Outlook

Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Durrett, Melody S ^a   Mulder, Christa P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Conservation; Global perspectives; Marine and terrestrial resources; Marine pollution; Restoration; Seabird islands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887865806     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199735693.003.0013     Document Type: Chapter

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