Biometrics as a determinant of the origins of seabirds killed in oil spills and other incidents

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-241

  Barrett, Robert T ^a   Anker Nilssen, Tycho ^b   Bakken, Vidar ^c,d   Strøm, Hallvard ^c,d   Krasnov, Yuri ^e   Aarvak, Tomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e MURMANSK MARINE BIOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; BREEDING SEASON; CAPTIVE BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; OIL SPILL; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

ALCIDAE; AVES; URIA AALGE;

EID: 53149096172     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270908000233     Document Type: Article

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