Spring migration of Northern Pintails from Texas and New Mexico, USA

Waterbirds

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-136

  Haukos, David A ^a   Miller, Michael R ^b   Orthmeyer, Dennis L ^b,c   Takekawa, John Y ^b   Fleskes, Joseph P ^b   Casazza, Michael L ^b   Perry, William M ^b   Moon, Jena A ^a,d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c San Francisco Bay Estuary Field Station ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

Anas acuta; Gulf Coast; New Mexico; Northern Pintail; Playa wetland; Satellite telemetry; Spring migration; Texas

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MIGRATION ROUTE; NEST SITE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MIGRATION; SURVIVAL; TELEMETRY; WETLAND;

GULF COAST [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; PLAYA LAKES; RIO GRANDE VALLEY; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANAS ACUTA;

EID: 33746919932     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2006)29[127:SMONPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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