Size and habitat composition of female mallard home ranges in the prairie-parkland region of Canada

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1454-1461

  Mack, Glenn G ^a,b   Clark, Robert G ^c   Howerter, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; WETLANDS;

BREEDING PAIRS;

BIOLOGY;

HOME RANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; ANSER;

EID: 0344286919     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-136     Document Type: Article

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