Winter age ratios and the assessment of recruitment of harlequin ducks

Waterbirds

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-44

  Smith, Cyndi M ^a,c   Gouodie, R Ian ^b,d   Cooke, Fred ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

^d MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age ratios; British Columbia; Harlequin Duck; Histrionicus histrionicus; Recruitment; Strait of Georgia

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT; WATERFOWL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; STRAIT OF GEORGIA;

HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS;

EID: 0035006155     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1522241     Document Type: Article

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