Condition indices for wintering American wigeon

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1132-1137

  DeVault, Travis L ^a,c   Rhodes Jr , Olin E ^a   Smith, Loren M ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American wigeon; Anas americana; Body reserves; Condition index; Texas; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; INDEX METHOD; WATERFOWL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS AMERICANA; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; FRAXINUS;

EID: 1642546650     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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