The influence of tide and weather on provisioning rates of chick-rearing Bald Eagles in Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Elliott, Kyle Hamish ^a   Gill, Christopher E ^b   Elliott, John E ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bald Eagle; British Columbia; Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Productivity; Tides; Weather

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROVISIONING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CICONIIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS; PORICHTHYS NOTATUS; SCOMBER JAPONICUS;

EID: 19744375992     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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