Breeding biology and provisioning of nestling snow buntings in the Canadian High Arctic

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 483-489

  Falconer, C Myles ^a   Mallory, Mark L ^b   Nol, Erica ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feeding rate; Foraging distance; Plectrophenax nivalis; Provisioning; Snow bunting

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD PROVISIONING; NEST SITE; NESTLING; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; DEVON ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EMBERIZA; PLECTROPHENAX; PLECTROPHENAX NIVALIS;

EID: 38849139741     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-007-0374-z     Document Type: Article

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