Populations and breeding performance of divers, geese and ducks at Zackenberg, northeast Greenland, 1995-2005

Wildfowl

Volumn 56, Issue , 2006, Pages 129-151

  Meltofte, Hans ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anser brachyrhynchus; Arctic birds; Branta leucopsis; Breeding success; Clangula hyemalis; Gavia immer; Gavia stellata; Greenland; Population trends; Somateria mollissima; Somateria spectabilis; Waterfowl; Zackenberg

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BREEDING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FLEDGING; PAIR BOND; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ZACKENBERG;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER BRACHYRHYNCHUS; AVES; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; CLANGULA HYEMALIS; DICROSTONYX; DICROSTONYX GROENLANDICUS; GAVIA IMMER; GAVIA STELLATA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS; THORACICA;

EID: 33846924786     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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