Effects of harness-attached satellite transmitters on captive whitefaced ducks Dendrocygna viduata

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 93-95

  Petrie, S A ^a,b   Rogers, K H ^a   Baloyi, F R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Body mass; Captive; Dendrocygna viduata; Preening; Satellite transmitters; Teflon harness; Whitefaced duck

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043224661     PISSN: 03794369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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