Pairing chronology and agonistic behaviors of wintering Green-winged Teal and Mallards

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 311-315

  Johnson, William P ^a,b   Rohwer, Frank C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CHRONOLOGY; COURTSHIP; OVERWINTERING; WATERFOWL;

UNITED STATES;

ARIAS CRECCA; ARIAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 0031663176     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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