Autumn migration of Mississippi flyway mallards as determined by satellite telemetry

Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 238-251

  Krementz, David G ^a   Asante, Kwasi ^a   Naylor, Luke W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS GAME AND FISH COMMISSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas platyrhynchos; Autumn migration; Mallard; Movements; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886367384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1944687X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3996/022012-JFWM-019     Document Type: Article

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