Postovulatory follicles in mallards: Implications for estimates of breeding propensity

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 925-935

  Lindstrom, Eric B ^a,c   Eichholz, Michael W ^a   Eadie, John M ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Ducks Unlimited Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Breeding propensity; Clutch size; Mallards; Ovaries; Postovulatory follicles; Reproductive effort

Indexed keywords

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE;

EID: 33845202265     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[925:PFIMIF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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