Age ratios as estimators of productivity: Testing assumptions on a threatened seabird, the Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus)

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 224-240

  Peery, M Zachariah ^a,b   Becker, Benjamin H ^a,c   Beissinger, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Point Reyes National Seashore   (United States)

Author keywords

Age ratios; Brachyramphus marmoratus; Dispersal; Marbled Murrelet; Monitoring; Productivity

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; HATCHING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEABIRD;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 33846781685     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[224:ARAEOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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