An estimate of the population sizes of Black-browed (Thalassarche melanophrys) and Grey-headed (T. chrysostoma) Albatrosses breeding in the Diego Ramírez Archipelago, Chile

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Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-244

  Robertson, Graham ^a   Moreno, Carlos A ^b   Lawton, Kieran ^a   Arata, Javier ^b   Valencia, Jose ^c   Kirkwood, Roger ^d  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c Instituto Antarctico Chileno   (Chile)

^d Phillip Island Nature Park   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BREEDING SITE; CENSUS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD;

CHILE; DIEGO RAMIREZ; MAGALLANES; SOUTH AMERICA;

DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRIS; DIOMEDEIDAE;

EID: 34548506518     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU07028     Document Type: Article

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