The effects of harvest on waterfowl populations

Wildfowl

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 220-276

  Cooch, Evan G ^a   Guillemain, Matthieu ^b   Boomer, G Scott ^c   Lebreton, Jean Dominique ^d   Nichols, James D ^e  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive mortality; Compensatory mortality; Harvest; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WATERFOWL;

ANATIDAE;

EID: 84913617757     PISSN: 09546324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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