Landscape features and sea ice influence nesting common eider abundance and dispersion

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 301-309

  Chaulk, Keith G ^a   Robertson, Gregory J ^a   Montevecchi, William A ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGY;

COLONY SPACING; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERTIDAL PREY DENSITY; LANDSCAPE FEATURES;

SEA ICE;

ABUNDANCE; ARCHIPELAGO; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ICE COVER; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NEST SITE; NESTEDNESS; PREDATION RISK; SEA ICE; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; LABRADOR; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 34249930264     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-006     Document Type: Article

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