Environmental variation and the demography and diet of thick-billed murres

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 454, Issue , 2012, Pages 237-249

  Smith, Paul A ^a   Gaston, Anthony J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Demography; Reproduction; Survival; Thick billed murre; Uria lomvia

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; BIOMASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLONY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOOD WEB; GIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NESTLING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CANADA; COATS ISLAND; NUNAVUT;

AVES; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 84861381452     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09589     Document Type: Article

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