Aspects of common eider nesting ecology in Labrador

Arctic

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-15

  Chaulk, Keith ^a   Robertson, Gregory J ^b   Montevecchi, William A ^c   Ryan, Pierre C ^b  

^a Labrador Inuit Association   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Common eider; Labrador; Nest initiation; Nest surveys; Somateria mollissima

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NESTING; POPULATION DENSITY; WATERFOWL;

CANADA; HOPEDALE; LABRADOR; MAKKOVIK; NAIN; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT PETER BAY; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 16244411131     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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