Factors affecting breeding distribution of Storm-petrels Hydrobates pelagicus in Orkney and Shetland

Bird Study

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 64-72

  De León, Ana ^a   Mínguez, Eduardo ^b   Harvey, Paul ^c   Meek, Eric ^d   Crane, Jonathon E ^a   Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b Dpto de Biología Aplicada   (Spain)

^c Shetland Amenity Trust   (United Kingdom)

^d RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING POPULATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RODENT; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CATHARACTA SKUA; HYDROBATES PELAGICUS; HYDROBATINAE; LARUS MARINUS;

EID: 33644700532     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650609461417     Document Type: Article

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