Modeling movement and fidelity of American black ducks

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1770-1777

  Zimpfer, Nathan L ^a,b   Conroy, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive harvest management; American black duck; Anas rubripes; Fidelity; Harvest; Model; Movement probability; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; HARVESTING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION ROUTE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION MODELING; SITE FIDELITY; WATERFOWL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS RUBRIPES; ANATIDAE;

EID: 33846804497     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1770:MMAFOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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