Impacts of Introduced Predators on Seabirds

Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Towns, David R ^a   Vernon Byrd, G ^b   Jones, Holly P ^c   Rauzon, Mark J ^d   Russell, James C ^e   Wilcox, Chris ^f  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^b Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Laney College   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental predator; Deliberate predator; Introduced predators; Island food web; Seabird; Seabird predators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938568991     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199735693.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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