Aggregative response of Harlequin Ducks to herring spawning in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 504-514

  Rodway, Michael S ^a   Regehr, Heidi M ^a   Ashley, John ^b   Clarkson, Peter V ^c   Goudie, R Ian ^d   Hay, Douglas E ^e   Smith, Cyndi M ^c   Wright, Kenneth G ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Box 280 ^*  (Canada)

^c PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^e PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; SEABIRD; SPAWNING; SPAWNING GROUND; TELEOST;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

AVES; CLUPEA PALLASI; CLUPEIDAE; HISTRIONICUS; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS;

EID: 33748678064     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-032     Document Type: Article

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