Reproductive effort and survival of wild Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors, with backpack harness and implant transmitters

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 212-216

  Garrettson, Pamela R ^a   Rohwer, Frank C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas discors; Blue winged Teal; Implant; Radio; Telemetry; Transmitter

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; MONITORING SYSTEM; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RADIOTELEMETRY; WATERFOWL;

ANAS DISCORS;

EID: 0031704984     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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