Spring habitat use and feeding behaviour of Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri in Varangerfjord, northern Norway

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Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 542-548

  Fox, A D ^a   Mitchell, Carl ^b  

^a D   (Denmark)

^b WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERNS; ACTIVITY RHYTHM; BIRDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; HABITAT; HABITAT USE; STELLER'S EIDER;

NORWAY; VARANGERFJORD;

ALGAE; AVES; POLYSTICTA STELLERI; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS;

EID: 0030746993     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1997.tb04671.x     Document Type: Article

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