Seabird migration in the Canadian northwest Atlantic Ocean: Moulting locations and movement patterns of immature birds

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 624-647

  Huettmann, F ^a   Diamond, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; MOLT; MOVEMENT; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

FULMARUS GLACIALIS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS GLAUCOIDES; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; LARUS MARINUS; MORUS BASSANUS; PUFFINUS GRAVIS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; UREA LOMVIA;

EID: 0033922811     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-239     Document Type: Article

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