Population dynamics of white-winged scoters

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 222-227

  Krementz, David G ^a   Brown, Patrick W ^b   Kehoe, F Patrick ^c   Houston, C Stuart ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c Fish and Wildlife Branch   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

age ratio; Atlantic Flyway; harvest; Melanitta fusca; recruitment; Saskatchewan; sea ducks; survival; white winged scoter

Indexed keywords

AGE RATIO; HUNTING; SURVIVAL RATE; WHITE-WINGED SCOTER;

CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN, REDBERRY LAKE;

MELANITTA FUSCA; MELANITTA NIGRA; MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA;

EID: 0030617613     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802431     Document Type: Article

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