Breeding success and breeding population trends of waterfowl: Implications for monitoring

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 225-239

  Ränäk, Mia ^a   Saari, Lennart ^b   Hario, Martti ^c   Hnninen, Jari ^a   Lehikoinen, Esa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; breeding population size; census; ducks; recruit; reproductive success; time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; AVES; BUCEPHALA CLANGULA; MERGUS MERGANSER; MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 80054079529     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/09-064     Document Type: Article

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