The birds of St. Matthew Island, Bering Sea

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 491-509

  Winker, Kevin ^a   Gibson, Daniel D ^a   Sowls, Arthur L ^b   Lawhead, Brian E ^c   Martin, Philip D ^d   Hoberg, Eric P ^e   Causey, Douglas ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^b Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c ABR Inc   (United States)

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

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; ENDEMISM; SPECIES INVENTORY; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ALASKA; BERING SEA; SAINT MATTHEW ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

AVES; LARUS; LARUS GLAUCESCENS; MAMMALIA; PLECTROPHENAX HYPERBOREUS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037495013     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0491:TBOSMI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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