Nocturnal foraging behavior of wintering surf scoters and white-winged scoters

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 637-647

  Lewis, Tyler L ^a   Esler, Daniel ^a   Boyd, W Sean ^b   Žydelis, Ramünas ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diving; Melanitta fusca; Melanitta perspicillata; Nocturnal foraging; Surf Scoter; White winged Scoter; Winter

Indexed keywords

MELANITTA; MELANITTA FUSCA; MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA;

EID: 23744490743     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2005)107[0637:NFBOWS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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