Individual and temporal variation in inland flight behavior of marbled murrelets: Implications for population monitoring

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 344-353

  Peery, M Zachariah ^a   Beissinger, Steven R ^a   Newman, Scott H ^b,f   Becker, Benjamin H ^c   Burkett, Esther ^d   Williams, Tony D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Point Reyes National Seashore   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyramphus marmoratus; Breeding; Inland flights; Marbled Murrelet; Population monitoring; Radar; Radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 2342620758     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7398     Document Type: Review

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