The food of Razorbill Alca torda chicks on Hornøya, North Norway

Ornis Norvegica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-54

  Barrett, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD SELECTION; SEABIRD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINNMARK; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ALCA; ALCA TORDA; ALCIDAE; AMMODYTES SP.; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; FRATERCULA ARCTICA; MALLOTUS VILLOSUS; URIA AALGE;

EID: 33750805303     PISSN: 15020878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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