Habitat selection, rules in breeding mallards (Anas platyrhynchos): A test of two competing hypotheses

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 283-287

  Pöysä, Hannu ^a   Elmberg, Johan ^b   Sjöberg, Kjell ^b   Nummi, Petri ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Conspecific attraction; Habitat selection; Ideal preemptive distribution; Population limitation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; HABITAT SELECTION; MALLARD;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 2642711700     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050447     Document Type: Article

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