Movements and wintering areas of breeding age Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia from two colonies in Nunavut, Canada

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1929-1941

  Gaston, Anthony J ^a   Smith, Paul A ^a   Tranquilla, Laura McFarlane ^b   Montevecchi, William A ^b   Fifield, David A ^c   Gilchrist, H Grant ^a   Hedd, April ^b   Mallory, Mark L ^c   Robertson, Gregory J ^c   Phillips, Richard A ^d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; BIOTELEMETRY; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ICE COVER; MIGRATION ROUTE; MOVEMENT; OPEN WATER; PACK ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; TRACKING; WINTER;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; DAVIS STRAIT; GREENLAND; LABRADOR SEA; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NUNAVUT;

AVES; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 80052030471     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1704-9     Document Type: Article

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