Long-term declines in nest success of prairie ducks

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-257

  Beauchamp, Wendy D ^a,c   Koford, Rolf R ^b,d   Nudds, Thomas D ^a   Clark, Robert G ^c   Johnson, Douglas H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conserved soil moisture; habitat fragmentation; long term data; nest success; population decline; Prairie Pothole Region; upland habitat; waterfowl

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NEST SUCCESS;

CANADA, PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION; USA, PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION;

ANAS ACUTA; ANAS CLYPEATA; ANAS DISCORS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANAS STREPERA;

EID: 0029663414     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802222     Document Type: Article

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