Overland travel, food abundance, and wetland use by Mallards: Relationships with offspring survival

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 504-515

  Dzus, E H ^a,b,c   Clark, R G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; MALLARD; MOVEMENT PATTERN; SURVIVAL;

CANADA, SASKATCHEWAN, YORKTON;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0030869076     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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