Survival of ducks banded in the boreal forest of Alaska

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 443-449

  Lake, Bryce C ^a,b   Walker, Johann ^a,c   Lindberg, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c Ducks Unlimited Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Boreal forest; Capture recapture; Duck survival; Population dynamics; Sampling probability; Survival probability

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS ACUTA; ANAS CRECCA; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 33646672005     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[443:SODBIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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