Inland habitat associations of Marbled Murrelets on southwest Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-66

  Burger, Alan E ^a   Bahn, Volker ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyramphus marmoratus; Marbled Murrelet; Nesting habitat; Vancouver island

Indexed keywords

BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 1342331993     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-75.1.53     Document Type: Review

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