The first record of Brown Skua Catharacta antarctica in Europe

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 95-102

  Votier, Stephen C ^a   Bearhop, Stuart ^a   Newell, Richard G ^b   Orr, Kate ^a   Furness, Robert W ^a   Kennedy, Martyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Old Beach Farm   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; NEW RECORD; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLES OF SCILLY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CATHARACTA; CATHARACTA ANTARCTICA; CATHARACTA MACCORMICKI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0346640451     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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