Survival of Western Sandpiper broods on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 597-604

  Ruthrauff, Daniel R ^a,c   McCaffery, Brian J ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Brood movement; Brood survival; Calidris mauri; Chick growth; Chick mass; Western Sandpiper

Indexed keywords

CALIDRIS MAURI;

EID: 23744487318     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2005)107[0597:SOWSBO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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