Global Abundance

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2016-04-29 12:21
Species Reference: 
Melanitta americana
EoL id: 
1276209
EoL DataObjectVersion id: 
28912029
Subject: 
http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#PopulationBiology
Section: 
Population Biology
Description: 

>1,000,000 individuals

Comments: No precise estimates available, but minimum numbers are at least 500,000 individuals in western Europe in winter (early 1970's) and 500,000 individuals in North America, with additional large numbers in eastern Asia (Madge and Burn 1988).

Source: 
NatureServe
Source URL: 
http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Melanitta+americana
License: 
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Rights Holder: 
NatureServe