Factors influencing nesting success of king eiders on northern Alaska's Coastal Plain

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1781-1789

  Bentzen, Rebecca L ^a   Powell, Abby N ^a   Suydam, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; King eider; Nest predation; Nest survival; Nesting strategy; Somateria spectabilis

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEABIRD; SURVIVAL;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; AVES; CORVUS CORAX; LARUS; SALIX; SOMATERIA SPECTABILIS; STERCORARIUS;

EID: 56649117233     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-345     Document Type: Article

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