Survival of Gannets Morus bassanus in Britain and Ireland, 1959-2002

Bird Study

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-85

  Wanless, Sarah ^a   Frederiksen, Morten ^a   Harris, Michael P ^a   Freeman, Stephen N ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RINGING; SURVIVAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS BASSANUS; SULIDAE;

EID: 33644684605     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650609461419     Document Type: Article

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