Movement distances and habitat switching by female mallards wintering in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley

Waterbirds

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-356

  Davis, Bruce E ^a   Afton, Alan D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Arkansas; habitat switching; Louisiana; Mallard; Mississippi Alluvial Valley; movements; radiotelemetry; refuging; winter

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HABITAT TYPE; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; REFUGE; SEASONALITY;

ARKANSAS; MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 77957342020     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.033.0311     Document Type: Article

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