Activity budget of breeding white-faced whistling ducks Dendrocygna viduata on stock-ponds in semi-arid South Africa, and a comparison with north-temperate waterfowl

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 79-85

  Petrie, Scott A ^a,b   Rogers, Kevin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Fund   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Diurnal; Foraging; Habitat; North temperate; Resource availability; Semi arid; South Africa; Stock watering ponds; Waterfowl; White faced whistling duck

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY BUDGET; STOCK POND; WATERFOWL; WHITE-FACED WHISTLING DUCK;

SOUTH AFRICA, NYL RIVER;

EID: 0031392991     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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