Population dynamics of long-tailed ducks breeding on the yukon-kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Arctic

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 190-200

  Schamber, Jason L ^a   Flint, Paul L ^a   Grand, J Barry ^a,b   Wilson, Heather M ^a,c   Morse, Julie A ^a,d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b 311 Funchess Hall   (United States)

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

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Clangula hyemalis; Elasticity; Long tailed duck; Population dynamics; Sea duck; Sensitivity; Vital rates; Yukon Kuskokwim Delta

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CLUTCH SIZE; DELTA; HABITAT TYPE; LIFE HISTORY; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

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

ANAS; AVES; CLANGULA HYEMALIS;

EID: 68149119263     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic131     Document Type: Article

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