Use of radio-telemetry to test for investigator effects on nesting Mallards, Anas platyrhynchos

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 541-545

  Thorn, Terri D ^a,b   Emery, Robert B ^a   Howerter, David W ^a   Devries, James H ^a   Joynt, Brian L ^a  

^a DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Abandonment; Anas platyrhynchos; Hatching rates; Investigator effects; Mallard; Nests; Radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

FLUSHING; HATCHING; NEST SITE; NESTING; RADIOTELEMETRY; RELOCATION; WATERFOWL;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES;

EID: 34248504594     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v119i4.185     Document Type: Article

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