Leg-mounted data-loggers do not affect the reproductive performance of short-tailed shearwaters (Puffinus tenuirostris)

Wildlife Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 740-746

  Carey, Mark J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ADULT; ANIMAL WELFARE; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; FLEDGING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SATELLITE DATA; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 84255199230     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR11024     Document Type: Article

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