Habitat use by female mallards in the lower mississippi alluvial valley

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 701-709

  Davis, Bruce E ^a   Afton, Alan D ^a   Cox Jr , Robert R ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RC Store   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Arkansas; Compositional analysis; Forested wetland; Hunting; Louisiana; Mallard; Mississippi Alluvial Valley; Radiotelemetry; Winter

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; HUNTING; OVERWINTERING; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

ARKANSAS; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 77749252328     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-118     Document Type: Article

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