Apparent survival of adult Thayer's and Glaucous Gulls nesting sympatrically in the Canadian high Arctic

Ardea

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-50

  Allard, Karel A ^a,e   Grant Gilchrist, H ^b   Breton, André R ^c   Gilbert, Cynthia D ^d   Mallory, Mark L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e Canadian Wildlife Service ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult; Capture mark resight (CMR); Glaucous gull; Survival; Thayer's gull

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANNUAL VARIATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NESTING; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; SYMPATRY;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NUNAVUT;

LARUS HYPERBOREUS; LARUS THAYERI;

EID: 77951876249     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.098.0106     Document Type: Article

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