Annual and seasonal survival of trumpeter swans in the upper midwest

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 129-135

  Varner, Dana M ^a,b   Eichholz, Michael W ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

annual survival; Cygnus buccinator; migration; reintroduced species; seasonal survival; trumpeter swan; winter

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MORTALITY; OPEN WATER; OVERWINTERING; REINTRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84255177287     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.280     Document Type: Article

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