Breeding biology of king eiders nesting on Karrak Lake, Northwest Territories

Arctic

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-54

  Kellett, Dana K ^a,b   Alisauskas, Ray T ^c  

^a Box 88 ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

colonial nesting; habitat selection; king eider; nest success; nesting associations; Queen Maud Gulf Bird Sanctuary; Somateria spectabilis

Indexed keywords

AVES; LARIDAE; PARADISAEA; SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS; STERNA PARADISAEA;

EID: 0030895933     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1090     Document Type: Article

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