Does Mallard clutch size vary with landscape composition?

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 404-406

  Ball, I J ^a   Artmann, Michael J ^a,b   Hoekman, Steven T ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; CLUTCH SIZE; GRASSLAND; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; WATERFOWL;

NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 0036765486     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0404:DMCSVW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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