Nest-site selection, interspecific associations, and nest success of King Eiders

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 373-378

  Kellett, Dana K ^a,b   Alisauskas, Ray T ^a,b   Mehl, Katherine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interspecific nesting associations; Island nesting; King Eider; Nest success; Queen Maud Gulf Bird Sanctuary; Somateria spectabilis

Indexed keywords

AVES; LARIDAE; LARUS; MAMMALIA; PARADISAEA; SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS; STERNA; STERNA PARADISAEA;

EID: 0038371262     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2003)105[0373:NSIAAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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