Winter survival of lesser scaup in east-central Florida

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1082-1087

  Herring, Garth ^a,b   Collazo, Jaime A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aythya affinis; Florida; Lesser scaup; Mortality; Survival; Temporary emigration; Winter

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; MORTALITY; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DECLINE; SURVIVAL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; AYTHYA; AYTHYA AFFINIS;

EID: 12144278166     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[1082:WSOLSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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