Long-term pair bonds in Harlequin Ducks

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 201-205

  Smith, Cyndi M ^a,c   Cooke, Fred ^c   Robertson, Gregory J ^b,c   Goudie, R Ian ^b,d   Boyd, W Sean ^b  

^a PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Harlequin Conservation Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding site fidelity; Harlequin Duck; Histrionicus histrionicus; Mate fidelity; Pair reunion

Indexed keywords

HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS;

EID: 0033966556     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370424     Document Type: Article

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