Vocal repertoires of auklets (Alcidae: Aethiini): Structural organization and categorization

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 568-584

  Seneviratne, Sampath S ^a   Jones, Ian L ^a   Miller, Edward H ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; BREEDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SEABIRD; VOCALIZATION;

AETHIA; AETHIA CRISTATELLA; AETHIA PYGMAEA; ALCIDAE; CYCLORRHYNCHUS PSITTACULA; PSITTACIDAE; PTYCHORAMPHUS; PTYCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS;

EID: 77749268046     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/08-008.1     Document Type: Article

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