Long-term productivity of Canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria) in a snowpack-driven desert marsh

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-119

  Kruse, Kammie L ^a,d   Lovvorn, James R ^a   Takekawa, John Y ^b   Mackay, Jeffrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Nevada Fish & Wildlife Office   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATER LEVEL; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

NEVADA; RUBY LAKE; UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE; AVES; AYTHYA AMERICANA; AYTHYA VALISINERIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037225012     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090145     Document Type: Article

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