Behaviour and patterns of attendance of non-breeding birds at the breeding colony in a Buller's albatross Thalassarche bulleri population at The Snares

Notornis

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 327-338

  Stahl, J C ^a   Sagar, P M ^b  

^a MUSEUM OF NEW ZEALAND TE PAPA TONGAREWA   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Albatrosses; Breeding season; Colony attendance; Known age; Prebreeder; Thalassarche

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARRIVAL TIME; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SNARES ISLANDS;

AVES; DIOMEDEIDAE; THALASSARCHE; THALASSARCHE BULLERI;

EID: 33846117879     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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