Survival of female northern pintails wintering in southwestern Louisiana

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1512-1521

  Cox, Robert R ^a,b   Afton, Alan D ^a   Pace III, Richard M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas acuta; Body condition; Hunting; Louisiana; Mortality; Northern pintail; Proportional hazards regression; Radiotelemetry; Survival; Winter

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; OVERWINTERING; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS ACUTA; ANSER; ANSERIFORMES;

EID: 3643101009     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802018     Document Type: Article

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