Effects of experimental manipulation of incubation length on behavior and body mass of common eiders in the Canadian Arctic

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 100-107

  Bottitta, Grace E ^a   Nol, Erica ^a   Gilchrist, H Grant ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass; Canadian Arctic; Common Eiders; Hatching success; Incubation; Return rates; Somateria mollissima

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; HATCHING; INCUBATION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

CANADA; MITIVIK ISLAND; NUNAVUT;

SOMATERIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 0038025694     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0100:eoemoi]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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