Population dynamics of greater scaup breeding on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Wildlife Monographs

Volumn , Issue 162, 2006, Pages 1-22

  Flint, Paul L ^a   Grand, J Barry ^a,b   Fondell, Thomas F ^a   Morse, Julie A ^a,c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Annual survival; Aythya marila; Duckling survival; Greater scaup; Nesting success; Population model; Productivity; Yukon Kuskokwim Delta

Indexed keywords

AYTHYA AFFINIS; AYTHYA MARILA;

EID: 33746364204     PISSN: 00840173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2193/0084-0173(2006)162[1:PDOGSB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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