Arctic foxes, lemmings, and canada goose nest survival at cape Churchill, Manitoba

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 266-276

  Reiter, Matthew E ^a,c   Andersen, David E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANID; NEST PREDATION; NESTING SUCCESS; PHENOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

CANADA; CAPE CHURCHILL; MANITOBA;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; ANSER; AVES; BRANTA CANADENSIS; BRANTA CANADENSIS INTERIOR; DICROSTONYX; DICROSTONYX RICHARDSONI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79957518707     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/10-097.1     Document Type: Article

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