Relevance of the behaviour of seabirds to the conservation of marine environments

Oikos

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-237

  Monaghan, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; FISH SURVEY; FISHERY SURVEYS; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD;

UK, SCOTLAND, SHETLAND;

EID: 0030302980     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546061     Document Type: Article

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