Survival of female Lesser Scaup: Effects of body size, age, and reproductive effort

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 336-347

  Rotella, Jay J ^a   Clark, Robert G ^b   Afton, Alan D ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aythya affinis; Body size; Cost of reproduction; Lesser Scaup; Reproductive effort; Size selective mortality; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANAS SP.; AVES; AYTHYA; AYTHYA AFFINIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038033020     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2003)105[0336:SOFLSE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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