Marine distribution and behavior of juvenile and adult marbled murrelets off Southwest Vancouver Island, British Columbia: Applications for monitoring

Condor

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 306-315

  Wong, Sarah N P ^a,c   Ronconi, Robert A ^a   Burger, Alan E ^a   Hansen, Bob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age ratios; Brachy ramrachus marmoratus; Juveniles; Marbled Murrelet; Marine distribution; Monitoring; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 67649816356     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2008.8377     Document Type: Article

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