Diurnal activity patterns and nocturnal group formation of wintering Common Murres in the central North Sea

Waterbirds

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 406-413

  Camphuysen, Kees ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Common Murre; Diurnal activity patterns; Feeding distribution; Group formation; Nocturnal aggregations; North Sea; Wintering

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AGGREGATION; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SEABIRD;

NORTH SEA;

URIA AALGE;

EID: 0032295940     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521652     Document Type: Article

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