Breeding Biology of the Whiskered Auklet (Aethia Pygmaea) at Buldir Island, Alaska

• Published in: The Auk
• Main Authors: Hunter, F. M., Jones, I. L., Williams, J. C., Byrd, G. V.
• Other Authors: Nettleship, D. N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2002
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Buldir Island; Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Copepods
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/auk/119.4.1036; http://academic.oup.com/auk/article-pdf/119/4/1036/29687624/auk1036.pdf

Abstract We quantified aspects of the breeding biology of Whiskered Auklets (Aethia pygmaea) at Buldir Island, western Aleutian Islands, Alaska, from 1993 to 1998 to provide a better understanding of this poorly known species' ecological relationship to other auklets (Aethia spp.). Whiskered Au...