Linking breeding and winters areas of king eiders: Making use of polar isotopic gradients

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1297-1304

  Mehl, Katherine R ^a,d   Alisauskas, Ray T ^b   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Merkel, Flemming R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^d DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Carbon 13; Feather; King eider; Nitrogen 15; Population delineation; Sea duck; Somateria spectabilis; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

POPULATION ECOLOGY; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS;

EID: 27944465270     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[1297:LBAWAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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