Age, sex and status of wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans L. in Falkland Islands waters

Antarctic Science

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 150-156

  Croxall, J P ^a   Black, A D ^b,c   Wood, A G ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Atlantic House ^*  (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^c JNCC   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

Author keywords

Age; At sea distribution; Breeding status; Falkland Islands; South Georgia; Wandering albatross

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO;

ANTARCTICA; FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS); SOUTH GEORGIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033150070     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102099000218     Document Type: Article

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