Ecological consequences of nest site fidelity in Black Brant

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-38

  Lindberg, Mark S ^a   Sedinger, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Black Brant; Branta bernicla nigricans; dispersal; fidelity; natal fidelity

Indexed keywords

AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA BERNICLA; BRANTA BERNICLA NIGRICANS;

EID: 0030941686     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370221     Document Type: Article

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