Duck nest success declines with and without predator management

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 258-264

  Beauchamp, Wendy D ^a,b   Nudds, Thomas D ^a   Clark, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

fenced predator exclosures; island nesting; long term data; nest success; Prairie Pothole Region; predator removal; upland habitat; waterfowl

Indexed keywords

NEST SUCCESS; POPULATION DECLINE;

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

ANATIDAE;

EID: 0029663420     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802223     Document Type: Article

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