Diet and nutrition of male canvasbacks during postreproductive molts

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 426-434

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aythya valisineria; Canvasback; Diet; Molt; Nutritional ecology; Potamogeton pectinatus; Protein; Sago pondweed

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; AYTHYA VALISINERIA; INVERTEBRATA; PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETONACEAE;

CANVASBACK; DIET; MOLT; NUTRITION; SAGO PONDWEED;

CANADA; USA, ALASKA;

EID: 0030619086     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802600     Document Type: Article

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