Breeding-season survival of male and female mallards in Canada's Prairie-Parklands

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 805-811

  Brasher, Michael G ^a,d   Arnold, Todd W ^b   Devries, James H ^c   Kawinski, Richard M ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Breeding season; Mallard; Manitoba; Pair status; Saskatchewan; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; MORTALITY; NESTING SUCCESS;

CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 33746373964     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[805:BSOMAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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