Recent decline in body condition of departing Common Guillemots Uria aalge at Hornøya, North Norway

Ornis Norvegica

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-55

  Barrett, Robert T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chick body condition; Common guillemot; Uria aalge

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; COLONY; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NEST SITE; WADER;

NORWAY;

ALCIDAE; URIA AALGE;

EID: 78650330950     PISSN: 15020878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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