Breeding performance of Laysan Albatrosses Phoebastria immutabilis in a foster parent program

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 99-103

  Young, Lindsay C ^a   Vanderwerf, Eric A ^a   Granholm, Cathy ^b   Osterlund, Hob ^b   Steutermann, Kim ^b   Savre, Thomas ^c  

^a Pacific Rim Conservation   (United States)

^b Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawai’i Pacific Missile Range Facility ^*  (United States)

^c Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawai i Pacific Missile Range Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird air strike hazard; Egg candling; Egg fostering; Laysan Albatross; Translocation

Indexed keywords

EGG; HATCHING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAUAI;

AVES; DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS;

EID: 84908263687     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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