How general is the central-periphery distribution among seabird colonies? Nest spatial pattern in the European Shag

Condor

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 544-554

  Velando, A ^a   Freire, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central satellite; Coloniality; European Shag; Nest site; Phalacrocorax aristotelis; Seabirds; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS;

EID: 0034870936     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2001)103[0544:HGITCP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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