Impact of the Conservation Reserve Program on duck recruitment in the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 765-780

  Reynolds, R E ^a   Shaffer, T L ^a   Renner, R W ^a   Newton, W E ^a   Batt, B D J ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anas acuta; Anas clypeata; Anas discors; Anas platyrhynchos; Anas strepera; Blue winged teal; Conservation Reserve Program; CRP; Ducks; Gadwall; Mallard; Nest success; Northern pintail; Northern shoveler; Prairie Pothole Region; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; RECRUITMENT; WATERFOWL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

MONTANA; NORTH DAKOTA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 0034782097     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803027     Document Type: Article

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