Winter ecology of spectacled eiders: Environmental characteristics and population change

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-94

  Petersen, Margaret R ^a   Douglas, David C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bering Sea; Ice concentration; Population variability; Remote sensing; Spectacled Eider; Weather; Winter

Indexed keywords

SOMATERIA; SOMATERIA FISCHERI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1142293786     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7292     Document Type: Article

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