Spring body condition, moult status, diet and behaviour of white-faced whistling ducks (Dendrocygna viduata) in northern South Africa

African Zoology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-92

  Petrie, Scott A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Long Point Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Fund   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Dendrocygna viduata; Semi arid; South Africa; White faced whistling ducks

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY CONDITION; DIET; MOLT; WATERFOWL;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; AVES; DENDROCYGNA; DENDROCYGNA VIDUATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 18644377082     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2005.11407313     Document Type: Article

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