Distribution and diurnal behavior of Steller's Eiders wintering on the Alaska Peninsula

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 694-698

  Laubhan, Murray K ^a   Metzner, Keith A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Peninsula; Izembek Lagoon; Polysticta stelleri; Population distribution; Steller's Eiders; Winter habitat use

Indexed keywords

POLYSTICTA STELLERI;

EID: 0032799365     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370204     Document Type: Article

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