Patterns of nest attendance in female wood ducks

Condor

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 286-291

  Manlove, Chad A ^a   Hepp, Gary R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aix sponsa; Anatidae; Body mass; Cairinini; Incubation behavior; Incubation period; Wood Duck

Indexed keywords

AIX SPONSA;

EID: 0034029314     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369639     Document Type: Article

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