Population dynamics of breeding mallards in the Great Lakes states

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1181-1187

  Coluccy, John M ^a   Yerkes, Tina ^a   Simpson, Rebecca ^a,d   Simpson, John W ^a,e   Armstrong, Llwellyn ^b   Davis, Jonas ^c,f  

^a Ducks Unlimited Inc   (United States)

^b DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

^c Ducks Unlimited Incorporated   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

^e ASTI Environmental   (United States)

^f Ducks Unlimited Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Demographics; Great Lakes states; Management; Perturbation analyses; Population dynamics; Population growth; Variance decomposition; Vital rates

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 48249148769     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-039     Document Type: Article

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