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Kerguelen petrel (Lugensa brevirostris): a ‘new’ breeding species for South Georgia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2012

Andy Black*
Affiliation:
Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Government House, Stanley, Falkland Islands, FIQQ 1ZZ
Graham Parker
Affiliation:
Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Government House, Stanley, Falkland Islands, FIQQ 1ZZ Falkland Islands Fisheries Department, PO Box 598, Stanley, Falkland Islands, FIQQ 1ZZ
Kalinka Rexer-Huber
Affiliation:
Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Government House, Stanley, Falkland Islands, FIQQ 1ZZ
Erica Sommer
Affiliation:
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL, UK
Richard J. Cuthbert
Affiliation:
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL, UK

Abstract

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Type
Biological Sciences
Copyright
Copyright © Antarctic Science Ltd 2012

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