Aims and effort in seabird monitoring: An assessment based on Norwegian data

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-26

  Anker Nilssen, Tycho ^a   Erikstad, Kjell Einar ^a   Lorentsen, Svein Håkon ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

assessment; monitoring; Norway; population trends; seabirds

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029742535     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1996.004     Document Type: Article

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