Population trends of tundra-nesting birds at cape churchill Manitoba, in relation to increasing goose populations

Condor

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 325-334

  Sammler, John E ^a   Andersen, David E ^a   Skagen, Susan K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Churchill; Line transects; Population; Snow Goose; Trends; Tundra nesting birds

Indexed keywords

AMMODRAMUS SANDWICHENSIS; ANSER; ANSER ROSSII; AVES; CALIDRIS ALPINA; CALIDRIS PUSILLA; CAREX; CAREX ROSSII; CHEN; CHEN CAERULESCENS CAERULESCENS; CLUPEIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 57349154396     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2008.8438     Document Type: Article

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