Evidence for black duck winter distribution change

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-103

  Brook, Rodney W ^a   Ross, R Kenyon ^b   Abraham, Kenneth F ^a   Fronczak, David L ^c   Davies, J Chris ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Abundance; Anas rubripes; Black duck; Distribution; Midwinter survey; Range shift

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERFOWL; WINTER;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS RUBRIPES;

EID: 58449083809     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-424     Document Type: Article

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