A virgin flight across the Tasman sea? Satellite tracking of post-fledging movement in the Australasian Gannet Morus serrator

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 755-759

  Ismar, Stefanie M H ^a   Hunter, Colin ^b   Lay, Kevin ^b   Ward Smith, Tamsin ^c   Wilson, Peter R ^d   Hauber, Mark E ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b SIRTRACK Limited   (New Zealand)

^c Cape Kidnappers and Ocean Beach Wildlife Preserve   (New Zealand)

^d Hunter College of the City University of New York ^*  (New Zealand)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Argos; Migration route; Satellite telemetry; Seabird

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DISPERSAL; FLEDGING; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION ROUTE; ORNITHOLOGY; SATELLITE; SEABIRD; TELEMETRY; TRACKING;

CAPE KIDNAPPERS; HAWKES BAY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; STEWART ISLAND; TASMAN SEA;

AVES; MORUS (ANGIOSPERM); MORUS SERRATOR;

EID: 77953917348     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0504-1     Document Type: Article

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