Population structure of Pacific Common Eiders breeding in Alaska

Condor

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 780-787

  Petersen, Margaret R ^a   Flint, Paul L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Pacific Common Eider; Population structure; Somateria mollissima v nigrum; Winter

Indexed keywords

AVES; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 2342649210     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0780:PSOPCE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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