Periodic nonbreeding of Steller's Eiders near Barrow, Alaska, with speculations on possible causes

Occasional Paper of the Canadian Wildlife Service

Volumn , Issue 100, 1999, Pages 34-40

  Quakenbush, Lori ^a,c   Suydam, Robert ^b  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; WATERFOWL; WEATHER;

UNITED STATES;

POLYSTICTA STELLERI;

EID: 0033493625     PISSN: 05766370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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