Are burrow nesting seabird chicks affected by human disturbance?

Waterbirds

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 572-578

  Albores Barajas, Yuri V ^a,b   Soldatini, Cecilia ^b   Furness, Robert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cassin's Auklets; Chick growth; Disturbance; Fledging mass; Islands; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BURROWING; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLEDGING; ISLAND; JUVENILE; NEST; SEABIRD;

AVES;

EID: 76749169471     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.032.0410     Document Type: Article

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