Predation on eggs and nestlings of common murres (Uria aalge) at Bluff, Alaska

Waterbirds

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 186-198

  Schauer, James H S ^a,b   Murphy, Edward C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Wilsonville High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding schedule; Common Murre; Common Raven; Corvus corax; Directional selection; Functional response; Glaucous Gull; Human disturbance; Larus hyperboreus; Predation; Uria aalge

Indexed keywords

CORVUS CORAX; LARIDAE; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; URIA AALGE;

BREEDING SCHEDULE;

EID: 0030319134     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521855     Document Type: Article

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