Mallard duckling survival in the Great Lakes region

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 898-909

  Simpson, John W ^a,d   Yerkes, Tina J ^a   Smith, Barry D ^b   Nudds, Thomas D ^c  

^a Ducks Unlimited Inc   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d ASTI Environmental   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Duckling age; Duckling mortality; Duckling survival; Great Lakes; Hatching date; Mallard

Indexed keywords

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE;

EID: 28144460303     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7739.1     Document Type: Article

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