Mallard and black duck breeding parameters in New Brunswick: A test of the reproductive rate hypothesis

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 832-838

  Petrie, Mark J ^a,c   Drobney, Ronald D ^a   Sears, Dan T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Inst for Wetland and Waterfowl Res ^*  (Canada)

^c DUCKS UNLIMITED   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Anas rubripes; Black duck; Clutch size; Duckling survival; Female survival; Hen success; Mallard; Recruitment; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATERFOWL;

(EAST); NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS RUBRIPES; ANAS SP.; ANSER; PLATYRHYNCHOS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033939640     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802753     Document Type: Article

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