Breeding biology of Crested Auklets at Buldir and Kasatochi Islands, Alaska

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 690-701

  Fraser, Gail ^a   Jones, Ian L ^a   Williams, Jeffrey C ^b   Hunter, Fiona M ^c   Scharf, Lisa ^b   Vernon Byrd, G ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLEDGING; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

AETHIA CRISTATELLA; ALCIDAE; CHARADRIIFORMES; CRISTATELLA; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032855288     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089330     Document Type: Article

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