Diet of Mallards wintering in greentree reservoirs in southeastern Arkansas;Dieta de Anas platyhynchos en reservas de àrboles verdes en el sureste de Arkansas

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 423-428

  Dabbert, C Brad ^a,b   Martin, Thomas E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Montana Coop Wildl Research Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMALIA; ANSER; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; ORYZA SATIVA; PLATYRHYNCHOS; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM PENSYLVANICUM; QUERCUS;

EID: 0034347830     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-71.3.423     Document Type: Article

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