Description |
1 online resource (646 pages) |
Contents |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Reviewers; I. Winter in Perspective; II. Reproductive and Social Behavior; III. Activity Budgets; IV. Community and Feeding Ecology; V. Weights, Molts, and Condition; VI. Habitat Resources and Habitat Selection; VII. New Habitats and Habitat Management; VIII. Harvest, Distribution, and Population Status; IX. Decimating Influences: Habitat Loss, Toxins, and Disease; Index |
Summary |
Waterfowl in Winter was first published in 1988. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The emphasis in research on waterfowl has traditionally focused on breeding as opposed to migrant or wintering birds. Scientists have long been interested in courtship, nest sites, laying, and brood-rearing, and they have also been concerned about losses of eggs, young, nesting hens, and breeding habitats, especially as they have affected the goal of increas |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Waterfowl -- Wintering -- Congresses
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Birds -- Wintering -- Congresses
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Birds -- Wintering
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Waterfowl -- Wintering
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Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780816655786 |
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0816655782 |
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