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MARC recordPelicans in tough / Paul Bickford.
| Title: | Pelicans in tough / Paul Bickford. |
| Author(s): | Bickford, Paul. |
| Date: | 2004. |
| In: | News/North. (2004.), Vol. 58(37) (2004) |
| Abstract: | Describes how just one chick hatched from 689 nests at Slave River colony - previous complete abandonment was seen in 1907. Cause could be kayakers or low-flying aircraft, but possibly food shortage. If so, recovery is possible, as white pelicans are long-lived. |
| Notes: | News/North. Vol. 58(37) :5 (2004). |
| Keywords: | 598.435 -- Pelecanidae. H5 -- Zoology: birds. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*411) -- Canadian Western Arctic. |
| SPRI record no.: | 167516 |
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