Breeding barnacle geese in Kolokolkova Bay, Russia: Number of breeding pairs, reproductive success and morphology

Polar Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 700-706

  Van Der Jeugd, Henk P ^a,c   Gurtovaya, Elena ^b   Eichhorn, Götz ^c   Litvin, Konstantin Ye ^b   Mineev, Oleg Y ^d   Van Eerden, Mennobart ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Bird Ringing Centre   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; MORPHOLOGY; NEST PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATERFOWL;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; LARUS; THORACICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242486441     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0535-7     Document Type: Article

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