Are nesting seabirds important determinants of invertebrate community composition on subantarctic Adams Island?

Polar Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 531-540

  Bassett, I E ^a   Elliott, G P ^b   Walker, K J ^b   Thorpe, S ^a   Beggs, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Marine nutrients; Paracatops antipoda; Sooty shearwaters; White headed petrels

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POISSON RATIO; SEABIRD; VEGETATION TYPE;

ADAMS ISLAND; AUCKLAND ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; ANTIPODA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PROCELLARIIDAE; PUFFINUS GRISEUS; SILPHIDAE;

EID: 84895808905     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-014-1454-5     Document Type: Article

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