Geographical variation in the breeding biology of the Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 303-313

  Summers, Ron W ^a   Nicoll, Mike ^b  

^a Lismore   (United Kingdom)

^b Dundee Museum   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LATITUDE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ARCTIC; ICELAND; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS MARITIMA; GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE; PARADISAEA; SCOLOPACIDAE; STERNA; STERNA PARADISAEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2042521864     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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