Habitat use of barnacle geese at a subarctic salt marsh in the Kolokolkova Bay, Russia

Polar Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 651-660

  Van Der Graaf, A J ^a   Lavrinenko, O V ^b   Elsakov, V ^b   Van Eerden, M R ^c   Stahl, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c INST INLAND WATER MGMT WASTE W   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; HABITAT USE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALTMARSH; WATERFOWL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KOLOKOLKOVA BAY; NENETS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD;

ANSER; ANSER SP.; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; CAREX; CAREX SUBSPATHACEA; CYGNUS; THORACICA;

EID: 8744313034     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-004-0623-3     Document Type: Article

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