Temporal patterns of predation of duck nests in the Canadian prairies

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 339-344

  Lariviere S ^a   Messier, F ^a  

^a Delta Waterfowl Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; NEST PREDATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATERFOWL;

CANADA;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANSER; CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; CARNIVORA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0035214262     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2001)146[0339:TPOPOD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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