A long-term study of the population dynamics of Common Eiders Somateria mollissima: Why do several parameters fluctuate markedly?

Bird Study

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Coulson, John C ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CLUTCH SIZE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVORSHIP;

COQUET ISLAND; ENGLAND; NORTHUMBERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANAS; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 77749258973     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650903295729     Document Type: Article

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