Spring migration routes and chronology of surf scoters (Melanitta perspicillata): A synthesis of Pacific coast studies

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1069-1086

  de la Cruz, S E W ^a   Takekawa, J Y ^b   Wilson, M T ^c   Nysewander, D R ^d   Evenson, J R ^d   Esler, D ^e   Boyd, W S ^f   Ward, D H ^b  

^a Graduate Group in Ecology   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge Complex   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; CHRONOLOGY; CONSERVATION STATUS; FLIGHTLESSNESS; INLAND SEA; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOVEMENT; NEST SITE; SEABIRD;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(PNN) MEXICO]; BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CALIFORNIA; CANADA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PUGET SOUND; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SAN QUINTIN BAY; STRAIT OF GEORGIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

AVES; MELANITTA; MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA;

EID: 70449123869     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z09-099     Document Type: Article

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