Colony mapping: A new technique for monitoring crevice-nesting seabirds

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 423-434

  Renner, Heather M ^a   Renner, Martin ^b   Reynolds, Joel H ^c   Harping, Ann M A ^d   Jones, Ian L ^b   Irons, David B ^c   Byrd, G Vernon ^a  

^a Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aethia pusilla; Bering Sea; Colony mapping; Crevice nesting seabird; Least Auklet; Population monitoring

Indexed keywords

AETHIA PUSILLA; AVES;

EID: 33646875261     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[423:CMANTF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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