Productivity of nesting spectacled eiders on the lower Kashunuk River, Alaska

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 926-932

  Grand, James B ^a   Flint, Paul L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Clutch size; Duckling production; Nest success; Nesting chronology; Somateria fischeri; Spectacled Eider; Yukon Kuskokwim Delta

Indexed keywords

ANAS SP.; LARUS CANUS; SOMATERIA FISCHERI;

EID: 0030777803     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370143     Document Type: Article

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