Common eider (Somateria mollissima v-nigrum) nest cover and depredation on Central Alaskan Beaufort Sea barrier islands

Arctic

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-136

  Noel, Lynn E ^a,b   Johnson, Stephen R ^c   O'Doherty, Gillian M ^a   Butcher, Matthew K ^b  

^a LGL Alaska Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^b ENTRIX INC   (United States)

^c LGL LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alopex lagopus; Arctic fox; Driftwood habitat; Egg depredation; Glaucous gull; Larus hyperboreus; Polar bear; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

NESTING; PREDATION;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; AVES; CANIDAE; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; MAMMALIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; URSUS MARITIMUS; VULPES;

EID: 22844448454     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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