Estimating colony area and population size of little auks Alle alle at Northumberland island using aerial images

Polar Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-13

  Egevang, Carsten ^a,b   Boertmann, David ^a   Mosbech, Anders ^a   Tamstorf, Mikkel P ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; COLONY; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD;

GREENLAND; NORTHUMBERLAND ISLAND; THULE DISTRICT;

ALLE ALLE; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 0038377524     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-002-0448-x     Document Type: Article

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