Nesting ecology of White-winged Scoters (Melanitta fusca deglandi) at Redberry Lake, Saskatchewan

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 950-962

  Traylor, Joshua J ^a,b   Alisauskas, Ray T ^a,b   Kehoe, F Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; REDBERRY LAKE; SASKATCHEWAN;

MELANITTA; MELANITTA FUSCA; MELANITTA FUSCA DEGLANDI;

EID: 3242658357     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/121.3.950     Document Type: Article

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