Fatal attraction of short-tailed shearwaters to artificial lights

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Rodríguez, Airam ^a,b   Burgan, Graeme ^a   Dann, Peter ^a   Jessop, Roz ^a   Negro, Juan J ^b   Chiaradia, Andre ^a  

^a Research Department Phillip Island Nature Parks   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARDENNA TENUIROSTRIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIGHT; AUSTRALIA; DYING; FATALITY; FLEDGLING; LEISURE; LIGHT; LIGHT POLLUTION; MOON; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD; TRAFFIC; VELOCITY; WIND; ANIMAL; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

PROCELLARIIDAE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIGHT;

EID: 84908102165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110114     Document Type: Article

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