Glaucous gull predation of goslings on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 288-298

  Bowman, Timothy D ^a   Stehn, Robert A ^a   Scribner, Kim T ^b,c  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA microsatellite; Emperor Goose; Glaucous Gull; Goslings; Larus hyperboreus; Predation; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER ALBIFRONS; ANSER CANAGICA; ANSER SP.; BRANTA; BRANTA CANADENSIS; BRANTA CANADENSIS MINIMA; CHEN; CHEN CANAGICA; LARUS; LARUS HYPERBOREUS;

EID: 2342486053     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7326     Document Type: Article

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