Foods used by male mallards wintering in Southeastern Missouri

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 603-610

  Combs, Daniel L ^a,b   Fredrickson, Leigh H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; diet; foods; foraging; habitat; invertebrates; m ast; mallard; Missouri; molt

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; PLATYRHYNCHOS;

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOUR; MALLARD; WINTERING;

USA, MISSOURI;

EID: 0029660365     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802078     Document Type: Article

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