Satellite tracking of white-faced whistling ducks in a semiarid region of South Africa

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1208-1213

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Long Point Waterfowl   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendrocygna viduata; Irrigation ponds; Migration; Nyl River floodplain; Satellite transmitters; Semiarid; South Africa; Teflon harness; White faced whistling duck; Winter

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; MIGRATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE TRACKING; WHITE-FACED WHISTLING DUCK;

NORTHERN PROVINCE; NYL RIVER; SOUTH AFRICA;

DENDROCYGNA VIDUATA;

EID: 0031416471     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802118     Document Type: Article

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