Nutrient-reserve dynamics during egg production by female Greater Scaup (Aythya marila): Relationships with timing of reproduction

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 384-394

  Gorman, Kristen B ^a   Esler, Daniel ^a   Flint, Paul L ^b   Williams, Tony D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aythya marila; Greater Scaup; Nutrient reserves; Reproductive timing; Yukon Kuskokwim Delta

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG PRODUCTION; LIPID; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; WATERFOWL;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUKON-KUSKOKWIM DELTA;

ANATIDAE; AYTHYA AFFINIS; AYTHYA MARILA;

EID: 64149118419     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.06151     Document Type: Article

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