Survival of female northern pintails wintering in the Playa Lakes Region of Northwestern Texas

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 777-783

  Moon, Jena A ^a,b   Haukos, David A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas acuta; Northern pintails; Playa Lakes Region; Radiotelemetry; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; WINTER;

NORTH AMERICA; PLAYA LAKES; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANAS ACUTA; ANATIDAE;

EID: 33746346463     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[777:SOFNPW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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