414 • INFONORTH Distribution and Habitat Requirements of Scoters in the Mackenzie Delta Region

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, Gwich’in hunters and eldersbegan to wonder why “black ducks ” (the local namefor white-winged scoters Melanitta fusca and surf scoters M. perspicallata) were less common than they had been previously. Wildlife biologists across North America have voiced similar concerns. Questions...

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Main Author: Shannon L. Haszard
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
SCOTER POPULATION DECLINE
Mackenzie Delta
Arctic
Gwich’in
Melanitta fusca
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.506.8762
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic55-4-414.pdf

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