The timing of pair formation in Harlequin Ducks

Condor

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 551-555

  Robertson, Gregory J ^a   Cooke, Fried ^b   Ian Goudie, R ^b   Sean Boyd, W ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Harlequin Conservation Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Harlequin Duck; Histrionicus histrionicus; Pair formation; Pair reunion

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS SP.; HISTRIONICUS; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS;

EID: 0031902524     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369723     Document Type: Article

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