Daily movements of female mallards wintering in Southwestern Louisiana

Waterbirds

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 422-428

  Link, Paul T ^a   Afton, Alan D ^a   Cox Jr , Robert R ^b   Davis, Bruce E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RC Store   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrchychos; disturbance; hunting; Louisiana; movements; refuging

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIOENERGETICS; DISTURBANCE; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLIGHT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; HUNTING; LAND MANAGEMENT; MOVEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; REFUGE; WATERFOWL; WINTER;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS ACUTA; ANATIDAE;

EID: 84856764225     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.034.0404     Document Type: Article

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