Nesting ecology of Spectacled Eiders Somateria fischeri on the Indigirka River Delta, Russia

Wildfowl

Volumn 49, Issue , 1998, Pages 110-123

  Pearce, John M ^a,b   Esler, Daniel ^b   Degtyarev, Andrei G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF CRYOLITHOZONE   (Russian Federation)

^d Department of Biological Resources ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Breeding Biology; Habitat Use; Indigirka River; Nesting Ecology; Russia; Somateria fischeri; Spectacled Eider

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; NEST SITE; NESTING; POPULATION ECOLOGY; WATERFOWL;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

SOMATERIA FISCHERI;

EID: 0032426707     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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