Evaluating the sustainability of harvest among northern common eiders Somateria mollissima bovealis in Greenland and Canada

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-36

  Gilliland, Scott G ^a   Gilchrist, H Grant ^b   Rockwell, Robert F ^c   Robertson, Gregory J ^a   Savard, Jean Pierre L ^a   Merkel, Flemming ^d   Mosbech, Anders ^e  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^e NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eastern Canada; Greenland; Harvest; Northern common eider; Population model; Somateria mollissima borealis

Indexed keywords

SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA BOREALIS;

EID: 67249088422     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/07-005     Document Type: Article

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