Local survival of marbled murrelets in central California: Roles of oceanographic processes, sex and radiotagging

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-88

  Peery, M Zachariah ^a   Beissinger, Steven R ^a   Burkett, Esther ^b   Newman, Scott H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyramphus marmoratus; Marbled murrelet; Mark recapture; Model selection; Oceanographic processes; Radiotelemetry; Survival rates

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; PREDATOR; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEABIRD; SURVIVORSHIP; WARM WATER;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALCIDAE; AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; FALCO PEREGRINUS;

EID: 33646483051     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[78:LSOMMI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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