Foraging distance and home range of Cassin's Auklets nesting at two colonies in the California Channel Islands

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 618-637

  Adams, Josh ^a,b   Takekawa, John Y ^a   Carter, Harry R ^c,d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcidae; Foraging range; Ptychoramphus aleuticus; Santa Barbara Channel; Seabird foraging ecology; Southern California Bight; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ALCIDAE; PTYCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 4043108998     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7428     Document Type: Article

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