Brood ecology of mallards and gadwalls nesting on islands in large reservoirs

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 808-815

  Sayler, Rodney D ^a   Willms, Mark A ^b,c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c Tulsa Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas spp.; Brood survival; Duckling survival; Gadwall; Garrison Reservoir; Mallard; Mortality; Nesting islands; North Dakota; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANAS STREPERA; ANSER; LARUS CALIFORNICUS; MUSTELA VISON; PLATYRHYNCHOS; STREPERA;

EID: 0030804232     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802188     Document Type: Article

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