Landscape composition, patch size, and distance to edges: Interactions affecting duck reproductive success

Ecological Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1367-1376

  Horn, David Joseph ^a,c   Phillips, Michael L ^a,d   Koford, Rolf R ^a   Clark, William R ^a   Sovada, Marsha A ^b   Greenwood, Raymond J ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ducks; Edge effects; Field size; Habitat fragmentation; Landscape composition; Nest success; North Dakota; Patch size; Prairie Pothole Region

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATCH SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; WATERFOWL;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANAS; AVES;

EID: 23044457787     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-5254     Document Type: Article

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