Variability in colony attendance of crevice-nesting horned puffins: Implications for population monitoring

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1279-1296

  Harding, A M A ^a   Piatt, J F ^a   Byrd, G V ^b   Hatch, S A ^a   Konyukhov, N B ^c   Golubova, E U ^d   Williams, J C ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF THE NORTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Colony attendance; Crevice nesting; Fratercula corniculata; Horned puffin; North Pacific; Population monitoring; Power analysis; Seabirds; Survey; Variability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MONITORING; NEST SITE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD;

AVES; FRATERCULA CORNICULATA;

EID: 27944449228     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[1279:VICAOC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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