Successful double-brooding in European Shags

Waterbirds

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 291-294

  Wanless, S ^a   Harris, M P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding strategy; Double brooding; European Shag; Pelecaniformes; Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; PELECANIFORMES; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS;

BREEDING SYSTEM; DOUBLE BROODING; SHAG;

EID: 0031399239     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521695     Document Type: Article

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