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Brooding In Ducks

Brooding in Ducks is a behavioral ecology construct that denotes the species-specific maternal behavior in female ducks characterized by prolonged incubation of eggs and post-hatching care, distinguished from brooding in other avian species by adaptations to aquatic environments and precocial offspring development.

332

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549

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164

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Publications

332

The Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America

Paul M. Scheffer, Francis H. Kortright · The Murrelet · 1943 · 1.2K citations

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Ducks, Geese and Swans of North America

Matthew C. Perry, Frank C. Bellrose · Journal of Wildlife Management · 1977 · 462 citations

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Competitive foraging in mallards: “Ideal free’ ducks

David G. Harper · Animal Behaviour · 1982 · 339 citations

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Cost of reproduction in a long-lived bird: incubation effort reduces immune function and future reproduction

Sveinn Are Hanssen, Dennis Hasselquist, Ivar Folstad et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2005 · 333 citations · Full text

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Techniques for studying nest success of ducks in upland habitats in the prairie pothole region

A. T. Klett, Harold F. Duebbert, Craig A. Faanes et al. · Resource Publication · 1986 · 315 citations

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Authors

549

  1. HP
    Hannu Pöysä

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    12 publications · 446 citations

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  2. PN
    Petri Nummi

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    9 publications · 367 citations

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  3. JR
    Jerry R. Longcore

    University of Maine, United States

    9 publications · 325 citations

    9

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  4. GL
    Gary L. Krapu

    Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

    7 publications · 424 citations

    7

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  5. JE
    Johan Elmberg

    Kristianstad University, Sweden

    6 publications · 232 citations

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1–5 of 549

Institutions

164

  1. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    699 citations

  2. United States Fish and Wildlife Service

    Washington, United States

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    9 h-index

    27 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

    Jamestown, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    1.7K citations

  5. University of Saskatchewan

    Saskatoon, Canada

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    325 citations

  6. Kristianstad University

    Kristianstad, Sweden

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    547 citations

  7. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    321 citations

  8. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    366 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Wildlife Management

    84 publications · 4.2K citations

    38

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  2. Ornithological Applications

    28 publications · 934 citations

    18

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  3. Animal Behaviour

    16 publications · 1K citations

    15

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  4. The Auk

    16 publications · 530 citations

    14

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  5. Canadian Journal of Zoology

    13 publications · 381 citations

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