Post-fledging survival of Marbled Murrelets Brachyramphus marmoratus estimated with radio-marked juveniles in Desolation Sound, British Columbia

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 207-212

  Parker, Nadine ^a   Cam, Emmanuelle ^b   Lank, David B ^a   Cooke, Fred ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^c Larkins Cottage   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachyramphus marmoratus; Demography; Dispersal; Marbled Murrelet; Post fledging survival

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; DESOLATION SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

EID: 8644278830     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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