An avian terrestrial predator of the Arctic relies on the marine ecosystem during winter

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 363-369

  Therrien, Jean François ^a   Gauthier, Gilles ^a   Bêty, Joël ^b  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING POPULATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE RESOURCE; OVERWINTERING; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SEABIRD; TUNDRA;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

AVES; MAMMALIA; NYCTEA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 80053053207     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05330.x     Document Type: Article

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