Factors influencing incubation egg-mass loss for three species of waterfowl

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 506-516

  Zicus, Michael C ^a   Rave, David P ^a   Riggs, Michael R ^b  

^a MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg mass loss; Incubation; Nest microclimate; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AVES; BUCEPHALA; BUCEPHALA CLANGULA; CLANGULA; LOPHODYTES CUCULLATUS;

EID: 4043071919     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7453     Document Type: Article

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