Chick mortality in European Shag Stictocarbo aristotelis related to food-limitations during adverse weather events

Ardea

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-59

  Velando, Alberto ^a   Ortega Ruano, Jose E ^b   Freire, Juan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammodytidae; Chick mortality; Cies Islands; Food availability; Sandeel; Stictocarbo (Phalacrocorax) aristotelis; Weather

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOOD LIMITATION; MORTALITY;

SPAIN;

STICTOCARBO ARISTOTELIS;

EID: 0032694571     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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