Diet of moulting King Eiders Somateria spectabilis at Disko Island, West Greenland

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 187-194

  Frimer, Ole ^a  

^a NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; DIET; KING EIDER; MOULT; SEX;

GREENLAND, DISKO ISLAND;

BIVALVIA; MOLLUSCA; SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS;

EID: 0031411338     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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