Declines in abundance and distribution of the ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) in Arctic Canada

Biological Conservation

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 303-309

  Grant Gilchrist, H ^a   Mallory, Mark L ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIAL BREEDING; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; LARUS; PAGOPHILA EBURNEA;

EID: 4344585537     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.04.021     Document Type: Article

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