Nesting success of Northern Pintails on the coastal Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-60

  Flint, Paul L ^a   Grand, J Barry ^a  

^a US National Biological Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Clutch size; Initiation date; Nest predation; Nesting success; Northern Pintail; Productivity

Indexed keywords

ANAS ACUTA;

EID: 0030029576     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369508     Document Type: Article

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