Identification and synthetic modeling of factors affecting American black duck populations

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 66, Issue 4 SUPPL. 150, 2002, Pages 1-64

  Conroy, Michael J ^a   Miller, Mark W ^a,c   Hines, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

A. rubripes; Adaptive harvest management; American black duck; Anas platyrhynchos; Estimation; Harvest; Mallard; Modeling; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT QUALITY; HARVESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION MODELING; WATERFOWL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BODY WEIGHT; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

UNITED STATES;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS RUPRIBES;

EID: 0036817561     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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