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Ecology and Management of Breeding Waterfowl.
In August of 1987, the International Symposium on the Ecology and Management of Breeding Waterfowl was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. A major goal was to review the progress that had been made in this field during the previous five decades of research in various subject areas within the broader...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
1992.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction: The Waterfowl; 1. Foraging Ecology and Nutrition; 2. The Cost of Egg Laying and Its Relationship to Nutrient Reserves in Waterfowl; 3. Incubation and Brood Care; 4. Ecology of Prefledging Waterfowl; 5. Ecology and Management of Postbreeding Waterfowl; 6. The Mating Systems of Waterfowl; 7. Courtship, Pair Formation, and Signal Systems; 8. Spacing Patterns; 9. Ecology and Evolution of Brood Parasitism in Waterfowl; 10. Environmental and Endocrine Control of Waterfowl Reproduction.
- 11. Philopatry, Dispersal, and the Genetic Structure of Waterfowl Populations12. Mortality During the Breeding Season; 13. Breeding Population Inventories and Measures of Recruitment; 14. Population Dynamics of Breeding Waterfowl; 15. The Evolution of Reproductive Patterns in Waterfowl; 16. Patterns in Breeding Duck Communities; 17. Breeding Habitats of Nearctic Waterfowl; 18. Habitat Management for Breeding Areas; Notes on Contributors; Index.