Brood amalgamation in Surf Scoters Melanitta perspicillata and other Mergini

Wildfowl

Volumn 49, Issue , 1998, Pages 129-138

  Savard, J P L ^a   Reed, A ^a   Lesage, L ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brood Amalgamation; Creching; Surf Scoter

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL CARE;

CANADA;

MELANITTA PERSPICILLATA;

EID: 0032442527     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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