Adult survival estimates from two Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) colonies in the Gulf of Maine

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 773-782

  Breton, André R ^a,b   Diamond, Antony W ^a   Kress, Stephen W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Puffin; Band wear; Capture mark resight recapture; CMR; Fratercula arctica; Gulf of Maine; Overdispersion; Program MARK; Survival

Indexed keywords

MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AVES; FRATERCULA ARCTICA;

EID: 23044485403     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0773:ASEFTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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