Intra-colony variation in breeding performance of Atlantic Puffins

Waterbirds

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-184

  Rodway, Michael S ^a,c   Chardine, John W ^b   Montevecchi, William A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic Puffin; Breeding success; Food availability; Fratercula arctica; Habitat differences; Newfoundland; Predation; Weather

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

CANADA;

FRATERCULA ARCTICA;

EID: 0032311410     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1521904     Document Type: Article

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