Local movements of color-marked common loons

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1253-1261

  Piper, Walter H ^a,h   Paruk, James D ^b   Evers, David C ^c   Meyer, Michael W ^d   Tischler, Keren B ^e   Klich, Margaret ^f   Hartigan, Jerry J ^g  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^e University of Guelph ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^h GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Census; Common loon; Dispersal; Ecology; Gavia immer; Michigan; Philopatry; Territoriality; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

COMMON LOON; MARKING TECHNIQUE; MOVEMENT;

MICHIGAN; UPPER PENINSULA; USA; WISCONSIN;

GAVIA IMMER;

EID: 0031417742     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802124     Document Type: Article

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