Home-range characteristics, age, body size, and breeding performance of female mallards (Anas platyrhynchos)

Auk

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 467-474

  Mack, Glenn G ^a,b   Clark, Robert G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Breeding performance; Canadian prairie parklands; Home range; Mallard; Reproductive consequences; Survival consequences

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HABITAT SELECTION; NATURE CONSERVATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 33646544361     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2006)123[467:HCABSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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