Sensitivity analyses of the life cycle of midcontinent mallards

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 883-900

  Hoekman, Steven T ^a   Mills, L Scott ^a   Howerter, David W ^a   Devries, James H ^a   Ball, I J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Demographics; Elasticity; Mallard; Midcontinent population; Population dynamics; Population growth; Prairie Pothole Region; Process variation; Sensitivity; Variance decomposition; Vital rates

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; LIFE CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATERFOWL;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER;

EID: 0036638928     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803153     Document Type: Article

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