Replacement laying in Marbled Murrelets

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-81

  McFarlane Tranquilla, Laura ^a   Bradley, Russell ^a   Parker, Nadine ^a   Lank, David ^a   Cooke, Fred ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachyramphus marmoratus; Demography; Marbled Murrelet; Replacement laying; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; DESOLATION SOUND; NORTH AMERICA;

BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 1942507517     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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