Survival and cause-specific mortality of female northern pintails in southern Saskatchewan

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 574-581

  Richkus, Kenneth D ^a,b,c   Rohwer, Frank C ^a   Chamberlain, Michael J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Delta Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Station   (Canada)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas acuta; Cause specific mortality; Cropland; Mortality; Nesting; Northern pintail; Radiotelemetry; Raptors; Red fox; Saskatchewan; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; MORTALITY; PREDATION; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANAS; ANAS ACUTA; ANATIDAE; AVES; RAPTORES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 23744492959     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0574:SACMOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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