Oiled Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus melodus) in eastern Canada

Waterbirds

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-274

  Amirault Langlais, Diane L ^a   Thomas, Peter W ^a   McKnight, Julie ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Charadrius melodus melodus; Eastern Canada; Endangered species; Oiled birds; Piping Plover

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; OIL POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CHARADRIUS MELODUS; CHARADRIUS MELODUS MELODUS;

EID: 34547479834     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)30[271:OPPCMM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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