Waterbird foods in winter-managed ricefields in Mississippi

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-83

  Manley, Scott W ^a,c   Kaminski, Richard M ^a   Reinecke, Kenneth J ^b   Gerard, Patrick D ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Tri State Field Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging carrying capacity; Mississippi Alluvial Valley; Oryza saliva; Private lands management; Rice; Shorebirds; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARRYING CAPACITY; FEEDING GROUND; RICE; WATERFOWL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT; WINTER;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; INVERTEBRATA; ORYZA;

EID: 1642476759     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0074:WFIWRI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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