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Breeding of the Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa at Santa Catalina Island, California


Authors

HARRY R. CARTER1,3,4, TYLER M. DVORAK2 & DARRELL L. WHITWORTH1,3
1California Institute of Environmental Studies, 3408 Whaler Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA
2Catalina Island Conservancy, 125 Clarissa Avenue, Avalon, CA 90704, USA
3Humboldt State University, Department of Wildlife, 1 Harpst Street, Arcata, CA 95521, USA
4Current address: Carter Biological Consulting, 1015 Hampshire Road, Victoria, BC V8S 4S8, Canada (carterhr@shaw.ca)

Citation

CARTER, H.R., DVORAK, T.M., & WHITWORTH, D.L. 2016. Breeding of the Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa at Santa Catalina Island, California. Marine Ornithology 44: 83 - 92

Received 4 November 2015, accepted 5 January 2016

Date Published: 2016/04/15
Date Online: 2017/02/28

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