Pairing in mallards and American black ducks: A new view on population decline in American black ducks

Animal Conservation

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 239-244

  Morton, Eugene S ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS RUBRIPES; ANAS SP.; PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 0001648013     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943098000213     Document Type: Article

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