Abundance and distribution of Marbled and Kittlitz's Murrelets in Southcentral and Southeast Alaska

Condor

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 254-265

  Agler, Beverly A ^a,b   Kendall, Steven J ^a   Irons, David B ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Brachyramphus brevirostris; Brachyramphus marmoratus; Distribution; Kittlitz's Murrelet; Marbled Murrelet; Population abundance

Indexed keywords

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS BREVIROSTRIS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; MURRELET;

EID: 0031833449     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370266     Document Type: Article

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