Estimated avian nest loss associated with oil and gas exploration and extraction in the western Canadian sedimentary basin;Estimation de la perte de nids d'oiseaux attribuable à l'exploration et à l'exploitation pétrolière et gazière dans le bassin sédimentaire de l'Ouest Canadien

Avian Conservation and Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Van Wilgenburg, Steven L ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^a   Bayne, Erin M ^b   Koper, Nicola ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult recruitment; Gas well; Incidental take; Migratory bird; Mortality; Nest loss; Nests; Oil and gas; Oil sands; Oil well; Pipeline; Seismic line

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885357938     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17126568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ACE-00585-080209     Document Type: Article

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