Breeding and overwintering ecology of shy albatrosses in Southern Australia: Year-round patterns of colony attendance and foraging-trip durations

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 375-387

  Hedd, April ^a,c   Gales, Rosemary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Nature Conservation Branch   (Australia)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albatross Island; Colony attendance patterns; Foraging trip durations; Overwinter attendance patterns; Pedra Branca; Shy Albatrosses; Thalassarche cauta

Indexed keywords

CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; THALASSARCHE CAUTA;

EID: 18844450717     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7563     Document Type: Article

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