Translocation and hand-rearing of the short-tailed albatross Phoebastria albatrus: Early indicators of success for species conservation and island restoration

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Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 195-203

  Deguchi, Tomohiro ^a   Suryan, Robert M ^b   Ozaki, Kiyoaki ^a   Jacobs, Judy F ^c   Sato, Fumio ^a   Nakamura, Noboru ^a   Balogh, Gregory R ^c  

^a YAMASHINA INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ecological Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Colony establishment; migration; Phoebastria albatrus; post release survival; recruitment; reintroduction biology; short tailed albatross

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COLONY STRUCTURE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLEDGING; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORTALITY; PHILOPATRY; REARING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; TRANSLOCATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; BIOINDICATOR; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR;

DIOMEDEA ALBATRUS;

EID: 84902076511     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605313000094     Document Type: Article

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