The role of social behaviour in limiting the size of wildfowl populations and their output of young

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I J Patterson

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Hypotheses are suggested for the relationship between social behaviour and population variables in wildfowl. Different types of dispersion pattern are considered separately since different kinds of social behaviour are likely to be involved.

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Patterson, I. J. (1976). The role of social behaviour in limiting the size of wildfowl populations and their output of young. Wildfowl, 140–141. Retrieved from https://tidsskrift.dk/Wildfowl/article/view/154328
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Wildfowl 27
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Symposium

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