Factors affecting the success of colony departure by Thick-billed Murre chicks

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 345-352

  Gilchrist, H Grant ^a,b   Gaston, Anthony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

colony departure; nest site; Thick billed Murre; Uria lomvia

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 0030917371     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369940     Document Type: Article

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