Scale-dependent habitat selection by a nearshore seabird, the marbled murrelet, in a highly dynamic upwelling system

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 256, Issue , 2003, Pages 243-255

  Becker, Benjamin H ^a,b   Beissinger, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Point Reyes National Seashore   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyramphus marmoratus; California Current; Classification trees; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Habitat selection; Marbled murrelet; Seabird; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; HABITAT SELECTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; UPWELLING;

CALIFORNIA CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; MURRELET;

EID: 0042071273     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps256243     Document Type: Article

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