Assessing chick growth from a single visit to a seabird colony

Marine Ornithology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-184

  Benson, Jeb ^a   Suryan, Robert M ^a   Piatt, John F ^b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Black legged Kittiwake; Body condition; Chick growth; Rissa tridactyla; Seabird monitoring

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; GROWTH; MONITORING; SEABIRD;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GALLUS GALLUS; RISSA TRIDACTYLA;

EID: 8644289270     PISSN: 10183337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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