Early breeding teal Anas crecca use the best lakes and have the highest reproductive success
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1) Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Kristianstad University, SE-291 88 Kristianstad, Sweden (e-mail: [email protected]) 2) Department of Applied Biology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 27, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland 3) Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Joensuu Game and Fisheries Research, Yliopistokatu 6, FI-80100 Joensuu, Finland 4) Department of Animal Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, SE-901 83 Umeå, Sweden
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