Diet of Canvasbacks During Breeding
Jane E. Austin, Jerome R. Serie, and James H. Noyes
Abstract: We examined diets of canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria) breeding in southwestern Manitoba during 1977-81. Percent volume of animal foods consumed did not differ between males and females nor among prenesting, rapid follicle growth, laying, incubation, and renesting periods in females (
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This resource is based on the following source (Northern Prairie Publication 762):
Austin, Jane E., Jerome R. Serie, and James H. Noyes. 1990. Diet of canvasbacks during breeding. Prairie Naturalist 22(3):171-176.
This resource should be cited as:
Austin, Jane E., Jerome R. Serie, and James H. Noyes. 1990. Diet of canvasbacks during breeding. Prairie Naturalist 22(3):171-176. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/canvdiet/canvdiet.htm (Version 30SEP2002).
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Tables
- Table 1 -- Foods consumed by breeding canvasbacks in southwestern Manitoba, 1977-81.
Jane E. Austin, Jerome R. Serie1, and James H. Noyes2, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, ND 58401
¹ Present address: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Patuxent
Wildlife Research Center, Laurel, MD 20708
² Present address: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Forest
and Range Science Laboratory, La Grande, OR 98750
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