Factors affecting winter survival of female mallards in the lower Mississippi alluvial valley

Waterbirds

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-194

  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; Louisiana; Mallard; Mississippi Alluvial Valley; radiotelemetry; seasonal survival; winter

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; FEMALE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RADIOTELEMETRY; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL; WINTER;

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79960702821     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.034.0207     Document Type: Article

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