Radar as a tool for monitoring Xantus's Murrelet populations

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-146

  Hamer, Thomas E ^a   Schuster, Sarah M ^a   Meekins, Douglas ^b  

^a Environmental LP   (United States)

^b Campbell Group   (United States)

Author keywords

California Channel Islands; Introduced predators; Monitoring; Radar; Rat eradication; Synthliboramphus hypoleucus; Xantus's Murrelets

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; MORTALITY; NESTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD;

AVES; MAMMALIA; RATTUS RATTUS; SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS HYPOLEUCUS;

EID: 33748294256     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: 10183337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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