Natal and breeding dispersal of Razorbills (Alca torda) in eastern North America

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 588-594

  Lavers, Jennifer L ^a,b   Jones, Ian L ^a   Diamond, Antony W ^c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alca torda; Dispersal; Movement; Philopatry; Razorbill

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; MOVEMENT; NATAL DISPERSAL; PHILOPATRY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEABIRD;

CANADA; GANNET ISLANDS; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

ALCA; ALCA TORDA; ALCIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 39449115156     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0588:NABDOR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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