Population dynamics of mallards breeding in agricultural environments in eastern Canada

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-128

  Hoekman, Steven T ^a   Gabor, T Shane ^b   Petrie, Mark J ^c   Maher, Ron ^d   Murkin, Henry R ^b   Lindberg, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research   (Canada)

^c Ducks Unlimited Inc   (United States)

^d DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Demography; Elasticity; Hay cutting; Mallard; New Brunswick; Ontario; Perturbation analyses; Population growth; Recruitment; Sensitivity; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HABITAT USE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 33646487627     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[121:PDOMBI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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