Can Norwegian and Russian razorbills Alca torda be identified by their measurements?

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 5-8

  Barrett, Robert T ^a   Anker Nilssen, Tycho ^b   Krasnov, Yuri V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Kandalaksha State Nature Reserve   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; WING MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0031545886     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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