Habitat features associated with Barrow's Goldeneye breeding in eastern Canada

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 320-330

  Robert, Michel ^a   Drolet, Bruno ^a   Savard, Jean Pierre L ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; HABITAT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; SALMONID; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WATERFOWL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINTE MARGUERITE RIVER;

BUCEPHALA; BUCEPHALA ISLANDICA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 45349090165     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/07-009.1     Document Type: Article

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