The utility of national ring recoveries for identifying the effects of an exceptional mortality event amongst seabirds

Ringing and Migration

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-42

  Browne, Stephen J ^a,b   Clark, Jacquie A ^a   Peach, Will J ^a,c  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RINGING; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

LARIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX ARISTOTELIS; URIA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 3042684196     PISSN: 03078698     EISSN: 21598355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03078698.2004.9674308     Document Type: Article

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