Recovery and Restoration on Seabird Islands

Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Jones, Holly P ^a   Towns, David R ^b   Bodey, Thomas W ^c   Miskelly, Colin ^b   Ellis, Julie C ^d   Rauzon, Mark J ^e   Kress, Stephen W ^f   McKown, Matthew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Laney College   (United States)

^f NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; David cameron duffy; David wingate; Ecosystem damage; Island ecosystems; Island management project; Nonsuch island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938562257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199735693.003.0011     Document Type: Chapter

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