Population ecology of breeding Pacific common eiders on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Wildlife Monographs

Volumn , Issue 182, 2012, Pages 1-28

  Wilson, Heather M ^a,e   Flint, Paul L ^b   Powell, Abby N ^a   Grand, J Barry ^c   Moran, Christine L ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^e U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^f Selawik NWR   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; nest survival; Pacific common eider; population model; process variation; productivity; Somateria mollissima v nigrum; Yukon Kuskokwim Delta

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867866285     PISSN: 00840173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1002/wmon.8     Document Type: Article

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