Distribution, abundance and reaction to aerial surveys of post-breeding king eiders (Somateria spectabilis) in western Greenland

Arctic

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 188-203

  Mosbech, Anders ^a   Boertmann, David ^a  

^a National Environmental Research Institute   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Abundance; Aerial surveys; Disturbance; King eider; Moulting areas; Somateria spectabilis; Western Greenland

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; AERIAL SURVEY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERFOWL;

GREENLAND;

SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS;

EID: 0032766285     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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