At-sea distributions and abundance of tropicbirds in the eastern Pacific

Ibis

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 353-366

  Spear, Larry B ^a   Ainley, David G ^a  

^a H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RANGE SIZE; SEABIRD;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; LEPTURUS; PHAETHON AETHEREUS; PHAETHON LEPTURUS; PHAETHON RUBRICAUDA; PHAETHONTIDAE;

EID: 17444365487     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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