Age at first return and breeding of Razorbills (Alca torda) on the Gannet Islands, Labrador and Machias Seal Island, New Brunswick

Waterbirds

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-34

  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

Age at first breeding; Alca torda; Razorbill; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

AGE; BREEDING SEASON; COLONY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); WADER;

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

ALCA; ALCA TORDA; AVES;

EID: 58149129866     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2008)31[30:AAFRAB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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