Comparing methods for monitoring nest attendance in Ancient Murrelets

Waterbirds

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 260-263

  Shoji, Akiko M ^a   Gaston, Anthony J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ancient Murrelet; Monitoring; Nest attendance; Synthliboramphus antiquus

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION; MONITORING; NEST; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; TAGGING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS;

AVES; SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS; SYNTHLIBORAMPHUS ANTIQUUS;

EID: 77954204884     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.033.0217     Document Type: Article

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