Consequences of massive bird releases for hunting purposes: Mallard Anas platyrhynchos in the Camargue, southern France

Wildfowl

Volumn , Issue SPECIAL ISSUE 2, 2009, Pages 184-191

  Champagnon, Jocelyn ^a,b,c   Guillemain, Matthieu ^a   Gauthier Clerc, Michel ^b   Lebreton, Jean Dominique ^c   Elmberg, Johan ^d  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Demographic structure; Genetic structure; Mallard introduction; Stocking; Survival

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; HUNTING; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STOCKING DENSITY; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL; WILD POPULATION;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; CAMARGUE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 77249097037     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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