Social and habitat correlates of immigrant recruitment of yearling female Mallards to breeding locations

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 781-791

  Coulton, Daniel W ^a,b   Clark, Robert G ^a,c   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^c   Howerter, David W ^d   Anderson, Michael G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Prairie and Northern Wildlife Research Centre ^*  (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immigrant; Mallard; Natal dispersal; Social attraction; Social avoidance; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CONSPECIFIC; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; JUVENILE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NATAL DISPERSAL; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WATERFOWL;

CANADA;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 79958766885     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-011-0660-y     Document Type: Article

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