Stable isotopes provide evidence for poor northern pintail production on the Canadian prairies

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-109

  Hebert, Craig E ^a   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Anas acuta; Anas platyrhynchos; Cropland; Geographic origin; Landscapes; Mallard; Northern pintail; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BREEDING POPULATION; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATERFOWL;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANAS; ANAS ACUTA; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; AVES; PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 18044373641     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069<0101:SIPEFP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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