Survival and recruitment of mallards in relation to brood size, hatching date and wetland characteristics
My thesis focused on the least understood period of Mallard life history from hatching to near independence from parental care. I evaluated survival of young in relation to brood size, hatching date, overland travel, wetland characteristics, and food abundance. Using field experiments, I evaluated w...
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University of Saskatchewan
1996
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| Online Access: | http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-10212004-000131 |