Within- and between-year variation in the juvenile survival of Common Guillemots Uria aalge

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 472-481

  Harris, Michael P ^a   Frederiksen, Morten ^a   Wanless, Sarah ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BODY CONDITION; CLIMATE VARIATION; HATCHING; JUVENILE; PARENTAL CARE; POPULATION SIZE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEABIRD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CAPE BRETON ISLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; FIFE; ISLE OF MAY; MADAME ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH SEA; NOVA SCOTIA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ALCIDAE; AVES; URIA AALGE;

EID: 34447136379     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00667.x     Document Type: Article

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