Waterfowl density on agricultural fields managed to retain water in winter

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 924-930

  Twedt, Daniel J ^a,c   Nelms, Curtis O ^b  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b National Wetlands Research Center   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Agricultural fields; Mallard; Mississippi Alluvial Valley; Moist soil; Northern shoveler; Private lands; Rice; Soybean; Waterfowl; Winter flooding

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FLOOD; POPULATION DENSITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERFOWL;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS CLYPEATA; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; GLYCINE MAX; PLATYRHYNCHOS; SPATULA; SPATULA CLYPEATA;

EID: 0342470627     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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