The Oldest Known Banded Wandering Albatross Diomedea Exulans at the Prince Edward Islands

African Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 525-527

  Cooper, J ^a   Battam, H ^b   Loves, C ^b   Milburn, P J ^b   Smith, L E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b S Oceans Seabird Study Association   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banding; Diomedea exulans; Maximum longevity; Prince edward islands; Subantarctic; Wandering albatross

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; LONGEVITY; RINGING; SEABIRD;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

DIOMEDEA; DIOMEDEA EXULANS;

EID: 0347214919     PISSN: 1814232X     EISSN: 18142338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/18142320309504041     Document Type: Article

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