Spatial synchrony of prairie ducks: Roles of wetland abundance, distance, and agricultural cover

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 725-733

  Drever, Mark C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Dispersal; Ducks; Population dynamics; Prairie; Predators; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; DISPERSAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SYNCHRONY; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DUCK; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; DUCKS; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS;

EID: 33645106462     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0308-9     Document Type: Article

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