Effects of predator removal on mallard duckling survival

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 342-350

  Pearse, Aaron T ^a,b,c   Ratti, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b Delta Waterfowl Foundation   (Canada)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Duckling survival; Hatch date; Hen survival; Mallard; Predation; Predator removal; Saskatchewan

Indexed keywords

NEST PREDATION; PREDATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER;

EID: 1942453910     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0342:EOPROM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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