Patterns of variation in clutch sizes in a guild of temperate-nesting dabbling ducks

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 695-706

  Krapu, Gary L ^a   Reynolds, Ronald E ^b   Sargeant, Glen A ^a   Renner, Randy W ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

^c Ducks Unlimited Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUTCH SIZE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; SEASONALITY; WATERFOWL;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS; ANAS ACUTA; ANAS CLYPEATA; ANAS DISCORS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SP.; ANAS STREPERA; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; STREPERA;

EID: 3242670846     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090307     Document Type: Article

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