Moving polewards in winter: A recent change in the migratory strategy of a pelagic seabird?

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Quillfeldt, Petra ^a   Masello, Juan F ^a   McGill, Rona A R ^b   Adams, Mark ^c   Furness, Robert W ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; HYDROBATINAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 77952318707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-7-15     Document Type: Article

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