Temporal flexibility of reproduction in temperate-breeding dabbling ducks

Auk

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 640-650

  Krapu, Gary L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NESTING; REPRODUCTION; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANAS ACUTA; ANAS CLYPEATA; ANAS DISCORS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANAS STREPERA; ANSER; PLATYRHYNCHOS; STREPERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033929879     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089590     Document Type: Article

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