Thick-billed murres Uria lomvia replace mates during breeding

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-66

  Gaston, Anthony J ^a   Woo, Kerry ^a   Lash, Timothy J F ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD;

URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 33344461592     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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