Behaviour and Ecology of Sea Ducks
Author | : R. Ian Goudie |
Publisher | : Published for the Pacific Seabird Group by Canadian Wildlife Service |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 1999 |
ISBN-10 | : MINN:31951D019235203 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Contains papers presented at a conference on sea ducks, a group of waterfowl exhibiting dramatic ornate plumages and life history strategies that are more akin to sea birds than to other species of ducks. Topics of the papers include: behaviour of harlequin ducks and scoters; productivity of breeding harlequin ducks; time budgets of surf scoter broods; habitat associations of nesting spectacled eiders; periodic non-breeding of Steller's eiders; philopatry of moulting harlequin ducks; foraging strategies and habitat use; distribution of scoters and eiders in the St. Lawrence estuary; and the eastern population of Barrow's goldeneye. Appendices include abstracts of nine other papers.