Foraging distances of radio-marked Marbled Murrelets from inland areas in Southeast Alaska

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 452-456

  Whitworth, Darrell L ^a,c   Nelson, S Kim ^a   Newman, Scott H ^b   Van Vliet, Gustaaf B ^c   Smith, Winston P ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Forestry Sciences Laboratory ^*  (Italy)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyramphus marmoratus; Foraging range; Glacier Bay; Marbled Murrelet; Radio telemetry; Southeast Alaska

Indexed keywords

BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 0034034079     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369661     Document Type: Article

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