Does mallard clutch size vary with landscape composition: A different view

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 409-413

  Zicus, Michael C ^a   Fieberg, John ^a   Rave, David P ^a  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; CLUTCH SIZE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NEST STRUCTURE; WATERFOWL;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; ANSER;

EID: 2342567064     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/03-064     Document Type: Review

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