Lipid reserves of Lesser Scaup (Aythya Affinis) migrating across a large landscape are consistent with the "Spring Condition" hypothesis

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 873-883

  Anteau, Michael J ^a,b   Afton, Alan D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aythya affinis; Body condition; Lesser Scaup; Lipids; Migratory fattening; Population regulation; Stopover area; Survival; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; LIPID; MIGRATION; NUTRITION; STOPOVER; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

ANATIDAE; AVES; AYTHYA AFFINIS;

EID: 73449083423     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.08193     Document Type: Article

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