At-sea observations of ivory gulls (Pagophila eburnea) in the eastern Canadian high Arctic in 1993 and 2002 indicate a population decline

Polar Record

Volumn 40, Issue 215, 2004, Pages 355-359

  Chardine, John W ^a   Fontaine, Alain J ^a   Blokpoel, Hans ^a,b   Mallory, Mark ^a   Hofmann, Theo ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b University of Toronto ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONY; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SCAVENGING (FEEDING);

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; LARUS; LETHRINIDAE; PAGOPHILA EBURNEA; RISSA TRIDACTYLA; URSUS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 7744245826     PISSN: 00322474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0032247404003821     Document Type: Article

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