Costs of reproduction in breeding female mallards: Predation risk during incubation drives annual mortality;Coûts de la reproduction chez les canards colverts femelles: Le risque de prédation durant l'incubation est une facteur déterminant de la mortalité annuelle

Avian Conservation and Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-

  Arnold, Todd W ^a   Roche, Erin A ^a,b   Devries, James H ^c   Howerter, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^c DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Cost of reproduction; Incubation; Mallard; Mortality; Nesting; Predation; Reproductive effort; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES;

EID: 84863615933     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17126568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ACE-00504-070101     Document Type: Article

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