Feral Mallards: A risk for hybridisation with wild Pacific Black Ducks in Australia?

Victorian Naturalist

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 87-91

  Guay, P J ^a,b   Tracey, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Hybridisation; Impacts; Mallard; Pacific black duck

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS SUPERCILIOSA; ANATIDAE;

EID: 70349603907     PISSN: 00425184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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