Nutritional implications of molt in male canvasbacks: Variation in nutrient reserves and digestive tract morphology

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 512-526

  Thompson, Jonathan E ^a,b   Drobney, Ronald D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aythya valisineria; body composition; Canvasback; gut morphology; molt; nutritional ecology

Indexed keywords

AVES; AYTHYA VALISINERIA;

EID: 0029805563     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369565     Document Type: Article

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