Habitat use by nesting nd brood rearing northern pintails on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1199-1207

  Grand, James B ^a   Flint, Paul L ^a   Heglund, Patricia J ^a,b  

^a US National Biological Service   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Anas acuta; Breeding ecology; Brood rearing; Habitat use; Nest success; Nesting; Northern pintail; Radiotelemetry; Salinity; Yukon Kuskokwim Delta

Indexed keywords

BROOD REARING; HABITAT USE; NESTING; NORTHERN PINTAIL;

ALASKA; USA; YUKON-KUSKOKWIM DELTA;

ANAS ACUTA;

EID: 0031425791     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802117     Document Type: Article

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