Population energetics of northern pintails wintering in the Sacramento Valley, California

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1222-1238

  Miller, Michael R ^a   Newton, Wesley E ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas acuta; Bioenergetics; California; Food; Northern pintail; Populations; Rice; Sacramento Valley; Wetlands; Winter

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; SACRAMENTO VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS ACUTA; ANSER;

EID: 0032731898     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802840     Document Type: Article

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