Seasonal movements and pelagic habitat use of Murres and Puffins determined by satellite telemetry

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 145-154

  Hatch, Scott A ^b   Meyers, Paul M ^a,b   Mulcahy, Danial M ^b   Douglas, David C ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common Murre; Fratercula cirrhata; Satellite telemetry; Thick billed Murre; Tufted Puffin; Uria aalge; Uria lomvia

Indexed keywords

FRATERCULA CIRRHATA; URIA AALGE; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 0033976107     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370415     Document Type: Article

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