GPS tracking for mapping seabird mortality induced by light pollution

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Rodríguez, Airam ^a,b,c   Rodríguez, Beneharo ^c   Negro, Juan J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Research Department   (Australia)

^c Canary Islands' Ornithology and Natural History Group (GOHNIC)   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIRD; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; LIGHT; POLLUTION; SPAIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; LIGHT; SPAIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84934882202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10670     Document Type: Article

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