Extrapair paternity and breeding synchrony in Gadwalls (Anas strepera) in North Dakota

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 883-888

  Peters, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Brewer, Gwenda L ^a,c   Bowe, L Michelle ^a,d  

^a FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; PATERNITY; SYNCHRONY;

NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANAS STREPERA; ANATIDAE; ANSER; STREPERA;

EID: 0042424856     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/120.3.883     Document Type: Article

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