Trans-equatorial migration, staging sites and wintering area of Sabine's Gulls Larus sabini in the Atlantic Ocean

Ibis

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-51

  Stenhouse, Iain J ^a   Egevang, Carsten ^b   Phillips, Richard A ^c  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Benguela Upwelling; Geolocators; Hotspots; Larus sabini; Xema sabini

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BREEDING SITE; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATION; MIGRATION ROUTE; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEABIRD;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

AVES; LARIDAE; LARUS SABINI; XEMA SABINI;

EID: 83855165704     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01180.x     Document Type: Article

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