Trends in radar-based counts of marbled murrelets on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington, 1996-2004

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 936-947

  Cooper, Brian A ^a   Raphael, Martin G ^b   Peery, M Zachariah ^c  

^a ABR Inc   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyramphus marmoratus; Marbled murrelet; Northern oscillation index; Population trends; Productivity; Radar; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 33845188849     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[936:TIRCOM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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