Behaviour of Harlequin Ducks and three species of scoters wintering in the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia

Occasional Paper of the Canadian Wildlife Service

Volumn , Issue 100, 1999, Pages 6-13

  Goudie, R Ian ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Harlequin Conservation Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; DIVING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OVERWINTERING; WATERFOWL;

CANADA;

HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS; MELANITTA FUSCA; MELANITTA NIGRA; MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA;

EID: 0033500883     PISSN: 05766370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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