Birds and mammals of Coats Island, N.W.T.

Arctic

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-118

  Gaston, Anthony J ^a   Ouellet, Henri ^b,c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Coats Island; Distribution; Mammals

Indexed keywords

BIRD FAUNA; MAMMAL FAUNA;

CANADA; COATS ISLAND; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

ANSER; ANSER CAERULESCENS; ANSER SP.; AVES; BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; BRANTA BERNICLA; BRANTA CANADENSIS; CANIDAE; CETACEA; LARIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA ERMINEA; NYCTEA SCANDIACA; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS; PHOCIDAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS; STERCORARIUS LONGICAUDUS; STRIGIFORMES; URIA LOMVIA;

EID: 0030858507     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1094     Document Type: Article

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