Application of radar surveys in the management of nesting habitat of Marbled Murrelets Brachyramphus marmoratus

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Burger, Alan E ^a   Chatwin, Trudy A ^b   Cullen, Sean A ^c   Holmes, Norman P ^c   Manley, Irene A ^c   Mather, Monica H ^c   Schroeder, Bernard K ^c   Steventon, J Douglas ^d   Duncan, Jamie E ^e   Arcese, Peter ^f   Selak, Ervin ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Water Land and Air Protection   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Forests ^*  (Canada)

^d RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^e British Columbia Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brachyramphus marmoratus; British Columbia; Geographic information system; GIS; Marbled Murrelet; Nest habitat; Radar; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

GIS; NEST SITE; POPULATION DENSITY; RADAR; SEABIRD; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; MURRELET;

EID: 22244448670     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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