Ecological specialization and overlap of Brachyramphus Murrelets in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 680-699

  Day, Robert H ^a   Prichard, Alexander K ^a   Nigro, Debora A ^a,b  

^a ABR Inc   (United States)

^b BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE OVERLAP; SEABIRD; SPECIALIZATION;

ALASKA; PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS BREVIROSTRIS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; MURRELET;

EID: 0041322935     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090099     Document Type: Article

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