Changes in size and trends of North American sea duck populations associated with North Pacific oceanic regime shifts

Marine Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-65

  Flint, Paul L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; SEABIRD;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANAS; AVES;

EID: 84867875498     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2062-y     Document Type: Article

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