Effects of Seabirds on Island Consumers

Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kolb, Gundula S ^a   Young, Hillary S ^b   Anderson, Wendy B ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DRURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food webs; Guano; Introduced predators; Island consumers; Physical disturbance; Seabird; Seabird inputs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938592030     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199735693.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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