Evaluation of waterfowl conservation under the North American Waterfowl Management Plan

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 417-440

  Williams, Byron K ^a   Koneff, Mark D ^b   Smith, David A ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive resource management; Conservation planning; Ducks; Evaluation; Geese; North American Waterfowl Management Plan; Recruitment; Reproduction; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; MANAGEMENT; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANAS ACUTA; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES;

EID: 0032913235     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802628     Document Type: Article

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