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Feeding ecology of pintail, gadwall, American widgeon and lesser scaup ducklings in southern Alberta / by Lawson G. Sugden.: CW65-8/24E-PDF

"Objectives were to determine the diet of flightless young Pintails (Anas acuta), Gadwalls (A. strepera), American Widgeons (Mareca americana) and Lesser Scaups (Aythya affinis); investigate factors which influence food use and determine nutritional composition of duck foods. Diet was determined from dry weight of esophagus-proventriculus contents from 144 Pintails, 167 Gadwalls, 129 Widgeons and 135 Scaups"--Abstract, p. 4.

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Department/Agency
  • Canadian Wildlife Service.
TitleFeeding ecology of pintail, gadwall, American widgeon and lesser scaup ducklings in southern Alberta / by Lawson G. Sugden.
Series title
  • Canadian Wildlife Service report series ; no. 24
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
  • Includes bibliographic references.
  • Includes abstracts in French and Russian.
Publishing information
  • Ottawa : Canadian Wildlife Service, 1973.
Author / Contributor
  • Sugden, Lawson G.
Description45 p. : figures.
Catalogue number
  • CW65-8/24E-PDF
Departmental catalogue numberCW65-8/24
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