The impact of water level fluctuation on the breeding success of the Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica in South-west Sweden

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-12

  Hake, Mikael ^a   Dahlgren, Tomas ^b   Åhlund, Matti ^c   Lindberg, Peter ^d   Eriksson, Mats O G ^b  

^a Grimsö Wildl Research Station   (Sweden)

^b Tjärnö Marine Biological Laboratory ^*  (Sweden)

^c GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FLOODING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATER LEVEL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

GALLUS GALLUS; GAVIA ARCTICA;

EID: 17844373264     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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