Ageing Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus Drakes using plumage characteristics

Wildfowl

Volumn 49, Issue , 1998, Pages 245-248

  Smith, Cyndi ^a,b   Cooke, Fred ^b   Goudie, R Ian ^c  

^a PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Harlequin Conservation Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age Class; Harlequin Duck; Plumage

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; PLUMAGE; WATERFOWL;

HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS;

EID: 0032426708     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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