At-sea distribution and movements of nesting and non-nesting Marbled Murrelets Brachyramphus marmoratus in northern California

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-105

  Hébert, Percy N ^a   Golightly, Richard T ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

At sea locations; Brachyramphus marmoratus; Home range size; Marbled Murrelet

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; NESTING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; SEABIRD;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 68049123240     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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