Lesser scaup winter foraging and nutrient reserve acquisition in east-central Florida

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1682-1689

  Herring, Garth ^a,b   Collazo, Jaime A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aythya affinis; Body condition; Florida; Lesser scaup; Nutrient reserves; Spring condition hypothesis; Winter

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SITE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MIGRATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; WATERFOWL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LOUISIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AYTHYA AFFINIS;

EID: 33846839598     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1682:LSWFAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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