The American Alligator as a predator of Mottled Ducks

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 381-390

  Elsey, Ruth M ^a   Trosclair III, Phillip L ^a   Linscombe, Jeb T ^a  

^a LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; ANAS FULVIGULA;

EID: 24344452609     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2004)003[0381:TAAAAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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