To winter east or west? Heterogeneity in winter philopatry in a central-arctic population of King Eiders

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 241-251

  Mehl, Katherine R ^a,c   Alisauskas, Ray T ^a,b   Hobson, Keith A ^a,b   Kellett, Dana K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; King Eider; Nitrogen 15; Somateria spectabilis; Stable isotopes; Winter philopatry

Indexed keywords

SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS;

EID: 2342483738     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7356     Document Type: Article

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