Change in abundance of pacific brant wintering in alaska: evidence of a climate warming effect?

Arctic

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 301-311

  Ward, David H ^a   Dau, Christian P ^b   Lee, Tibbitts ^a   Sedinger, James S ^c   Anderson, Betty A ^d   Hines, James E ^e  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d ABR Inc   (United States)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alaska peninsula, abundance; Branta bernicla nigricans; Climate warming, distribution; Izembek lagoon; Pacific brant; Pacific decadal oscillation; Wintering

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; ICE COVER; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEABIRD; WATERFOWL;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; BRANTA BERNICLA NIGRICANS;

EID: 70349538993     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic150     Document Type: Article

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