Weather-related indices of autumnwinter dabbling duck abundance in middle North America

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 94-101

  Schummer, Michael L ^a   Kaminski, Richard M ^a   Raedeke, Andrew H ^b   Graber, David A ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Climate; Duck; Mallard; Migration; Snow; Temperature; Waterfowl; Weather severity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA SET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HARVESTING; HUNTING; MIGRATION; SNOW COVER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATERFOWL;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE;

EID: 73449134079     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-524     Document Type: Article

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