Temporary flightlessness as a potential cost of reproduction in pre-laying Common Eiders Somateria mollissima

Ibis

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 301-306

  Guillemette, Magella ^a   Ouellet, Jean François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHTLESSNESS; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE COST; WATERFOWL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 17444417878     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00402.x     Document Type: Article

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