Reproductive success of piping plovers at big Quill Lake, Saskatchewan

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-171

  Harris, Wayne C ^a   Duncan, David C ^b,c   Franken, Renee J ^c   McKinnon, Donald T ^b,e   Dundas, Heather A ^d  

^a Prairie Environmental Services   (Canada)

^b Saskatchewan Wetland Conserv Corp   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Saskatchewan Environment ^*  (Canada)

^e Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BOS TAURUS; CHARADRIUS MELODUS;

EID: 21044432259     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/04-046     Document Type: Article

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