Survival of breeding Pacific common eiders on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 403-410

  Wilson, Heather M ^a,d   Flint, Paul L ^b   Moran, Christine L ^c,e   Powell, Abby N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^d U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^e Selawik National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult female apparent survival; Alaska; Mark recapture; Pacific common eider; Somateria mollissima v nigrum; Yukon Kuskokwim Delta

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUKON-KUSKOKWIM DELTA;

AVES; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 53949122926     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2005-776     Document Type: Article

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