Response of wintering Steller's Eiders to Herring spawn

Waterbirds

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 344-350

  Žydelis, Ramunas ^a,b   Esler, Daniel ^c  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Diet; Foraging; Habitat use; Herring spawn; Polysticta stelleri; Steller's Eider

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DIET; HABITAT USE; OVERWINTERING; SEABIRD;

BALTIC STATES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; POLYSTICTA STELLERI;

EID: 26844504996     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2005)028[0344:ROWSET]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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