Hunting from motorboats displaces wadden sea eiders Somateria mollissima from their favoured feeding distribution

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 423-433

  Laursen, Karsten ^a   Frikke, John ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Section for Nature Conservation   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blue mussel; Body condition; Displacement; Eider; Hunting free marine areas; Somateria mollissima; Trade off; Wadden sea

Indexed keywords

AYTHYA; MYTILUS EDULIS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 59449094768     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396-14.4.423     Document Type: Article

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