Variation in marine distributions of Cassin's Auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus) breeding at Triangle Island, British Columbia

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 158-166

  Boyd, W Sean ^a   Ttranquilla, Laura McFarlane ^b,c   Ryder, John L ^b,d   Shisko, Steven G ^a   Bertram, Douglas F ^a,b,e  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Yukon Land Use Planning Council ^*  (Canada)

^d Yukon Land Use Planning Council   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cassin's Auklet; Marine distribution; Marine use area; Ptychoramphus aleuticus; Radiotelemetry; Triangle Island

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTELEMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEABIRD;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; TRIANGLE ISLAND;

AVES; PTYCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS;

EID: 54549091764     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.125.1.158     Document Type: Article

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