DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF SUMMER BIRDS COMMUNITY FROM SOUTH BAY (LIVINGSTON ISLAND

ABSTRACT. The significant part of the clear from snow and ice shores of Livingston Island (South Shetlands), distribution and abundance of birds were studded during the austral summer of 2004. In the region of South Bay 9 nesting bird species were encountered of a total abundance of 6604 pairs. Two...

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Main Authors: South Shetland Islands, Roumiana Metcheva, Pavel Zehtindjiev
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Antarctic
Austral
Livingston Island
South Bay
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.614.5308
http://web.uni-plovdiv.bg/mollov/bio/bscb2005/part2/453-458.pdf
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Summary:ABSTRACT. The significant part of the clear from snow and ice shores of Livingston Island (South Shetlands), distribution and abundance of birds were studded during the austral summer of 2004. In the region of South Bay 9 nesting bird species were encountered of a total abundance of 6604 pairs. Two penguin species constituted 97.2 % of bird community following by petrels (1.2%) and turns (0.5%). KEY WORDS. Antarctica, Livingston Island, antarctic birds

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