Age of first breeding in the common eider somateria m. mollissima population in the northern Baltic Sea

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 81-88

  Hario, Martti ^a   Rintala, Jukka ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; BREEDING SITE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATERFOWL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BALTIC STATES; DENMARK; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; GULF OF FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

SOMATERIA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 70449134232     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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