Morphometric comparison of Australian Shy and New Zealand White-capped Albatrosses

Emu

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-294

  Double, Michael C ^a   Gales, Rosemary ^b   Reid, Tim ^b,c   Brothers, Nigel ^b,d   Abbott, Cathryn L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Nature Conservation Branch   (Australia)

^c Falklands Conservation   (Falkland Islands (Malvinas))

^d Marine Ecology and Technology Consultant   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; SEABIRD;

CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA;

EID: 0141695021     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU03012     Document Type: Article

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