Density-dependent breeding success in mallards Anas platyrhynchos on a eutrophic lake

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-73

  Elmberg, Johan ^a  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arias platyrhynchos; Breeding success; Density dependence; Mallard; Population regulation

Indexed keywords

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ARIAS; ARIAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 0037353180     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2003.001     Document Type: Article

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