Mass mortality of common eiders (Somateria mollissima) in the Dutch Wadden Sea, winter 1999/2000: starvation in a commercially exploited wetland of international importance

By C. J. Camphuysen, C. Berrevoets, H. Cremers, Anne Dekinga, R. Dekker, B. Ens, TM van der Have, R. Kats, T. Kuiken, M. Leopold and 2 more. 2002

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