Breeding biology, life histories, and life history-environment interactions in seabirds

Biology of Marine Birds

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 217-261

  Hamer, Keith C ^a   Schreiber, E A ^b   Burger, Joanna ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420036305     Document Type: Chapter

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