Habitat use and preferences of breeding female wood ducks

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 84-93

  Hartke, Kevin M ^a,b   Hepp, Gary R ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aix sponsa; Anatidae; Breeding ecology; Habitat selection; Habitat use; Home range; Radiotelemetry; Reproduction; Wood duck

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; REPRODUCTION; WATERFOWL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AIX SPONSA; ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; CASTOR FIBER; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642517452     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0084:HUAPOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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