Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris in the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-66

  Stenhouse, Iain J ^a   Studebaker, Stacy ^b   Zwiefelhofer, Denny ^c  

^a Audubon Alaska   (United States)

^b Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge ^*  (United States)

^c Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Brachyramphus brevirostris; Kittlitz's Murrelet; Kodiak Archipelago; Nest site; Seabird

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; NEST SITE; RARE SPECIES; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ALASKA; BERING SEA; KODIAK ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ALCIDAE; BRACHYRAMPHUS BREVIROSTRIS;

EID: 50449091537     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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