Migration route and wintering area of Tundra Swans Cygnus columbianus nesting in the Kobuk-Selawik lowlands, north-west Alaska

Wildfowl

Volumn 48, Issue , 1997, Pages 16-25

  Moermond, Jack E ^a,b   Spindler, Michael A ^a  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service Koyukuk Nowitna Natl Wildl R   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Marking; Migration; Tundra Swan; Wintering

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; TUNDRA SWAN; WINTERING;

USA, ALASKA, KOBUK-SELAWIK;

CYGNUS COLUMBIANUS;

EID: 0031453478     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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