At-sea behaviour and habitat use by tropicbirds in the eastern Pacific

Ibis

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 391-407

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

^a H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; OCEANIC CURRENT; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); WORLD;

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

EID: 17444384914     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00418.x     Document Type: Article

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