Evaluation of indicated breeding pair criteria to estimate mallard breeding populations

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 985-992

  Brasher, Michael G ^a,b   Kaminski, Richard M ^a   Burger Jr , L Wes ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio State School of Environment and Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Breeding population size; Ducks; Indicated breeding pairs; Mallard; Manitoba; Population estimate; Saskatchewan; Sociability

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; WATERFOWL;

CANADA; MANITOBA; SASKATCHEWAN;

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

EID: 0036816468     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802931     Document Type: Article

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