Habitat use, movements and home range of wintering Lesser Scaup in Florida

Waterbirds

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-78

  Herring, Garth ^a,b   Collazo, Jaime A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aythya affinis; Florida; Functional Unit System; Home range; Lesser Scaup; Movement; Winter grounds

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AYTHYA AFFINIS;

EID: 18844442358     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2005)028[0071:HUMAHR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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