First-autumn dispersal of hand-reared Mallard

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Hugh Boyd
Jeffery Harrison

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Recoveries of young Mallard in their first season are used to compare the dispersal of hand-reared and of wild ducks in Britain. The only important difference is in the proportion of birds moving away from the point of release: hand-reared birds are less likely to travel far than wild ones. This favours the building-up of local populations by the use of hand-reared birds.

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Boyd, H., & Harrison, J. (1961). First-autumn dispersal of hand-reared Mallard. Wildfowl, 4. Retrieved from https://tidsskrift.dk/Wildfowl/article/view/155813
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The Wildfowl Trust Thirteenth Annual Report
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Artikler

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