Fratercula arctica


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Noun1.Fratercula arctica - common puffin of the northern AtlanticFratercula arctica - common puffin of the northern Atlantic
Atlantic puffin
puffin - any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills
Fratercula, genus Fratercula - puffins
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Mrs Trevelyan told fellow MPs: "When they take off for flight, we see just why the Atlantic puffin - fratercula arctica, or the friar of the Arctic, so named because of its monkish black hood - is to be respected.
Problems for the puffin population
and substantially lower breeding success in Atlantic puffins Fratercula arctica (Birkhead and Nettleship 1995).
Demographic consequences of native fox predation on Socotra cormorants on Siniya Island, United Arab Emirates
Mae'r pal (Fratercula arctica; Puffin) i'w weld yma, ac mae Ynys Lawd yn un o'r mannau mwyaf hygyrch i weld adar mor sy'n nythu yn Ynysoedd Prydain.
40 mlynedd o reoli Ynys Lawd; BYD NATUR
With the recent warmer climate in northern Baffin Bay, summer populations of species such as the Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica), which historically were locally rare, have been increasing, which could indicate that the species is recolonizing the area as summer temperatures increase (Burnham and Burnham, 2010).
Seabird transfer of nutrients and trace elements from the North Water polynya to land during the mid-Holocene warm period, Carey Islands, Northwest Greenland
frailecillo comun, Fratercula arctica, gaviota tridactila, y alca comun, Alca torda; Frederiksen et al., 2004; Sandvik et al., 2005).
Climate change and marine amniotes: evidence, hypotheses and uncertainty/Cambio climatico y amniotas marinos: evidencias, hipotesis e incertidumbre/Efeito da mudanca climatica na distribucao fenologia e relacoes troficas dos amniotas marinhos
Gosodwyd un o'r camerau ar y clogwyn ble mae'r palod (Fratercula arctica) yn nythu ac un arall ar y clogwyni ble mae'r llursod a'r gwylogod yn ymgynnull.
Bore perffaith ym mis Mai
A total of 2465 seabirds, including common murres (Uria aalge), razorbills (Alca torda), and puffins (Fratercula arctica) that beached in the northwestern part of Spain after the "Prestige" oil spill on 19 November 2002 were examined.
J Wildl Dis: Pathological features in marine birds affected by the Prestige's oil spill in the north of Spain
Ecology of endoparasites of the Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica grabae) (Alcidae: Charadriiformes).
Histopathology of Gymnophallus sp. sporocysts in the edible mytilid, Modiolus barbatus
Organochlorine residues in two Norwegian puffin (Fratercula arctica) colonies.
Effects of organochlorine contaminants on thyroid hormone levels in arctic breeding glaucous gulls, Larus hyperboreus

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