Evidence of recent population recovery in common eiders breeding in western Greenland

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1869-1874

  Merkel, Flemming R ^a,b  

^a GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Arctic; common eider; community based nest counts; population increases; Somateria mollissima; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; HUNTING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEABIRD; SURVIVAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 78149450596     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-189     Document Type: Article

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