Individual migratory schedules and wintering areas of northern gannets

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 391, Issue , 2009, Pages 257-265

  Kubetzki, Ulrike ^a,b   Garthe, Stefan ^a   Fifield, David ^c,d   Mendel, Bettina ^a   Furness, Robert W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Geolocation; Home range; Migration; Seabird; Winter

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; FISHERY; GIS; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RETURN MIGRATION; SEABIRD; WINTER;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BASS ROCK; BAY OF BISCAY; ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH SEA; SCOTLAND; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST AFRICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; MORUS (PLANT); MORUS BASSANUS; SULIDAE;

EID: 70349760974     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps08254     Document Type: Article

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