Spatial and diel availability of flying insects as potential duckling food in prairie wetlands

Wetlands

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 100-114

  King, Ryan S ^a   Wrubleski, Dale A ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Ducks Unlimited Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Dabbling duck; Ducklings; Food availability; Insects; North Dakota; Prairie wetlands; Sticky trap; Waterfowl management; Woodworth Study Area

Indexed keywords

DIEL PATTERN; DUCKLING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INSECT; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

USA, NORTH DAKOTA, WOODWORTH;

ANAS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0031680691     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03161448     Document Type: Article

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