Adult survival of herring gulls breeding in the Canadian Arctic

Waterbirds

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-168

  Allard, Karel A ^a   Breton, André R ^a   Gilchrist, H Grant ^b   Diamond, Antony W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult; Apparent survival; Breeding strategy; Capture mark resight (CMR); Herring Gull; Larus argentatus; Range limit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; HABITAT SELECTION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND;

AVES; CLUPEIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 33746866683     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2006)29[163:ASOHGB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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