Shorebirds breed in unusually high densities in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area, Alaska

Arctic

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 411-420

  Andres, Brad A ^a   Johnson, James A ^b   Brown, Stephen C ^c   Lanctot, Richard B ^b  

^a US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

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

^c Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Alaska; Breeding; Density; National petroleum reserve; Populations; Shorebirds; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING POPULATION; DEER; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; WADER; WATERFOWL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ALASKA; NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE; TESHEKPUK LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873915822     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: 19231245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4239     Document Type: Article

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