Evidence of recent population increases in common eiders breeding in Labrador

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 805-809

  Chaulk, Keith ^a   Robertson, Gregory J ^b   Collins, Brian T ^c   Montevecchi, William A ^d   Turner, Bruce ^b  

^a Labrador Inuit Association   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Common eider; Labrador; Nest counts; Population trend; Program esteqnindex; Somateria mollissima

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; POPULATION GROWTH; WATERFOWL;

CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 23744486059     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0805:EORPII]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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