Prey harvest, chick growth, and production of three seabird species on Bleiksøy, North Norway, during years of variable food availability

Occasional Paper of the Canadian Wildlife Service

Volumn , Issue 91, 1996, Pages 20-26

  Barrett, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PREY SWITCHING; PUFFIN; SEABIRD;

NORWAY, BLEIKSOY;

EID: 0030434988     PISSN: 05766370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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