Early breeding teal Anas crecca use the best lakes and have the highest reproductive success

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 37-43

  Elmberg, Johan ^a   Nummi, Petri ^b   Pöysä, Hannu ^c   Gunnarsson, Gunnar ^a,d   Sjöberg, Kjell ^d  

^a KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT QUALITY; HATCHING DATE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATERFOWL;

ANAS CRECCA;

EID: 14844331472     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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