Large-scale movements and habitat characteristics of king eiders throughout the nonbreeding period

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 887-900

  Phillips, Laura M ^a,b   Powell, Abby N ^a   Rexstad, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Denali National Park and Preserve   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Habitat; Migration; Satellite telemetry; Somateria spectabilis; Wing molt; Wintering

Indexed keywords

SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS;

EID: 33845201945     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[887:LMAHCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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