Stopover duration of fall-migrating dabbling ducks

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 285-293

  O'Neal, Benjamin J ^a,c   Stafford, Joshua D ^b   Larkin, Ronald P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c Faculty of Social and Political Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

ducks; Illinois; migration; stopover duration; waterfowl; weather surveillance radar

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FECUNDITY; FEEDING GROUND; HABITAT QUALITY; JOINT VENTURE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PREDATION RISK; RADAR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STOPOVER; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; ILLINOIS; MISSION RIVER; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 84856107181     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.283     Document Type: Article

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