Brent goose colonies near snowy owls: Internest distances in relation to abundance of lemmings and arctic foxes

Biology Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-278

  Kharitonov, S P ^a   Volkov, A E ^b   Willems, F ^c   Van Kleef, H ^c   Klaassen, R H G ^c   Nowak, D J ^d   Nowak, A I ^d   Bublichenko, A G ^e  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^b Institute of Sustainable Communities   (Russian Federation)

^c C/o Foundation Working Group for International Waterbird and Wetland Research ^*  (Netherlands)

^d Magurski National Park   (Poland)

^e ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANSER; BRANTA; CANIDAE; NYCTEA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 44249121307     PISSN: 10623590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1062359008030072     Document Type: Article

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