Behavioral responses to decreasing day length in wintering sea ducks

Auk

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-40

  Systad, Geir H ^a,b   Bustnes, Jan O ^b   Erikstad, Kjell E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DAY LENGTH; OVERWINTERING; WATERFOWL;

CLANGULA HYEMALIS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 0033954089     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2000)117[0033:BRTDDL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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