Waterfowl in winter : selected papers from symposium and workshop held in Galveston, Texas, 7-10 January 1985 / editor, Milton W. Weller ; editorial board, Bruce D.J. Batt ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Weller, Milton Webster.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Waterfowl--Wintering--Congresses.

Waterfowl.

Birds--Wintering--Congresses.

Birds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (646 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1988.

Language Note:

English

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

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-5578-2

0-8166-1571-3

OCLC:

182732702