Health assessment of seabirds on isla genovesa, galápagos Islands

Ornithological Monographs

Volumn 60, Issue , 2006, Pages 86-97

  Padilla, Luis R ^a,b,d   Whiteman, Noah K ^c   Merkel, Jane ^a,c   Huyvaert, Kathryn P ^c   Parker, Patricia G ^a,c  

^a Saint Louis Zoo   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CREAGRUS FURCATUS; FREGATA MINOR; FREGATIDAE; HAEMOPROTEUS; SULA GRANTI; SULA SULA; ZENAIDA GALAPAGOENSIS;

EID: 34447132952     PISSN: 00786594     EISSN: 19412282     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1642/0078-6594(2006)60[86:HAOSOI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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