Authors
GRIGORI M. TERTITSKI1, EVGENY V. SEMASHKO2, ALEXANDER E. CHERENKOV3 & VLADIMIR Y. SEMASHKO4
1Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 29, Staromonetny, Moscow, 119017, Russia (tertitski@igras.ru)
2Festivalnaya str. 22-8-110, Moscow, Russia
3Lomonosov Moscow State University, Solovetsky Branch of White Sea Biological Station, Zaozernaya str. 17-1-6, Solovetsky, Arkhangelsk district, 164409, Russia
4Field Educational Centre “Ecosystem”, Petrozavodskaya str. 28-3-115, Moscow, Russia
Key words: Common Eider, Russia, White Sea, breeding behavior, incubation period, geolocator
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