Brood survival and recruitment of Mallards in relation to wetland density and hatching date

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 311-318

  Dzus, Elston H ^a,c   Clark, Robert G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD SURVIVAL; HATCHING DATE; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WETLAND;

CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN; YORKTON;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 0031976332     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089189     Document Type: Article

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