Population census and nesting habitat selection of thin-billed prion Pachyptila belcheri on New Island, Falkland Islands

Polar Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 202-207

  Catry, Paulo ^a,b,g   Campos, Ana ^c   Segurado, Pedro ^d   Silva, Mónica ^e   Strange, Ian ^f  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE PSICOLOGIA APLICADA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Quinta de São Caetano   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f New Island South Conservation Trust   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^g BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; CENSUS; HABITAT SELECTION; NESTING; SEABIRD;

FALKLAND ISLANDS; NEW ISLAND; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; PACHYPTILA; PACHYPTILA BELCHERI;

EID: 0038677939     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-002-0465-9     Document Type: Article

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