Foraging movements of the Shy Albatross Diomedea cauta breeding in Australia; Implications for interactions with longline fisheries

Ibis

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 446-457

  Brothers, Nigel ^a   Gales, Rosemary ^a   Hedd, April ^b   Robertson, Graham ^c  

^a Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING BIRD; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; LINE FISHING; TELEMETRY;

AUSTRALIA; BASS STRAIT; PEDRA BRANCA; TASMANIA;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA CAUTA; GALLUS GALLUS; PROCELLARIIFORMES; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THALASSARCHE CAUTA;

EID: 0031873625     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1998.tb04606.x     Document Type: Article

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