Nest-site selection in South Polar Skuas: Balancing nest safety and access to resources

Auk

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 638-645

  Hagelin, Julie C ^a   Miller, Gary D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; BREEDING SITE; BREEDING SITES; NESTING; SITE SELECTION; SOUTH POLAR SKUA;

AVES; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA MACCORMICKI; GALLUS GALLUS; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0030884818     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089283     Document Type: Article

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