Variation in breeding season survival of female harlequin ducks

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 965-972

  Bond, Jeanine C ^a   Iverson, Samuel A ^a   MacCallum, N Beth ^b   Smith, Cyndi M ^a,d   Bruner, Howard J ^c   Esler, Daniel ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Bighorn Wildlife Technologies Limited   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding ecology; Geographic variation; Harlequin duck; Histrionicus histrionicus; Known fate models; Radiotelemetry; Survival

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATERFOWL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; HISTRIONICUS; HISTRIONICUS HISTRIONICUS;

EID: 77749289716     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-236     Document Type: Article

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