Population characteristics, growth, and spatial activity of Siren intermedia in an intensively managed wetland

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 534-542

  Frese, Paul W ^a,b   Mathis, Alicia ^a   Wilkinson, Robert ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; SIREN; SIREN INTERMEDIA; SIRENIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642539013     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2003)048<0534:PCGASA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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