Foraging flights of short-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris) from Althorpe Island: Assessing their use of neritic waters

Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-216

  Einoder, L D ^a,b   Goldsworthy, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Althorpe Island; Foraging; Modes of flight; Puffinus tenuirostris; Satellite tracking; Short tailed shearwater

Indexed keywords

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS;

EID: 28844463498     PISSN: 03721426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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