Predicted distribution and characteristics of wetlands used by mallard pairs in five Great Lakes States

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 356-364

  Yerkes, Tina ^a   Paige, Rob ^a   Macleod, Robb ^a   Armstrong, Llwellyn ^b   Soulliere, Greg ^c,e   Gatti, Ron ^d  

^a Ducks Unlimited Inc   (United States)

^b DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

GREAT LAKES; ILLINOIS; INDIANA; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE;

EID: 34249068489     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)157[356:PDACOW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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