Postfledging occupancy of breeding sites by female Common Murres (Uria aalge)

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-81

  Harris, Michael P ^a   Wanless, Sarah ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FLEDGING; SEABIRD;

AVES; LARIDAE; URIA AALGE;

EID: 0037224665     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090142     Document Type: Article

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