A comparative study of breeding ecology and timing in plankton-feeding alcids (Cychlorrhynchus and Aethia spp.) on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.

• Main Author: Sealy, Spencer George
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 1968
• Subjects: Alcidae; Birds > Breeding > Alaska > Saint Lawrence Island; Auks; Arctic; Lawrence Island; St Lawrence Island; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/35990

A comparative study of breeding ecology in Parakeet Auklets (Cychlorrhynchus psittacula (Pallas)), Crested Auklets (Aethia cristatella (Pallas)), and Least Auklets (A. pusilla (Pallas)) was conducted on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, in 1966 and 1967. Emphasis was placed upon the climatic conditions w...