Increasing breeding success of an Endangered penguin: Artificial nests or culling predatory gulls?

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 296-308

  Pichegru, Lorien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CULLING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; OIL SPILL; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

BIRD ISLAND [EASTERN CAPE]; EASTERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84888336649     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270912000135     Document Type: Article

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