Nesting effort of Northern Pintails in Alberta

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 619-628

  Guyn, Karla L ^a,c   Clark, Robert G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anas acuta; Clutch size; Nest initiation date; Nesting success; Northern Pintail; Renesting; Reproductive trade offs

Indexed keywords

ANAS ACUTA;

EID: 0033841404     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369793     Document Type: Article

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