Survival of scaup ducklings in the boreal forest of Alaska

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 592-600

  Walker, Johann ^a,b   Lindberg, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aythya affinis; Aythya marila; Boreal forest waterfowl; Duckling survival; Minto Flats; Predation; Recruitment; Scaup; Waterfowl population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; NESTLING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SURVIVAL;

ALASKA; MINTO FLATS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANATIDAE; AYTHYA AFFINIS; AYTHYA MARILA; LARUS;

EID: 23744489897     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0592:SOSDIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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