Components of population growth rate for White-winged Scoters in Saskatchewan, Canada

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 451-460

  Alisauskas, Ray T ^a,b   Traylor, Joshua J ^b   Swoboda, Cindy J ^b   Kehoe, F Patrick ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Melanitta fusca deglandii; Population growth; Recruitment; Saskatchewan; Survival; White winged Scoter

Indexed keywords

POPULATION GROWTH;

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

MELANITTA FUSCA; MELANITTA FUSCA DEGLANDI;

EID: 21844434495     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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