Moist-soil plant seed production for waterfowl at Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge, Illinois

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 331-341

  Bowyer, Matthew W ^a   Stafford, Joshua D ^a   Yetter, Aaron P ^a   Hine, Christopher S ^a   Horath, Michelle M ^a   Havera, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; HABITAT QUALITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; SEED PRODUCTION; WATERFOWL;

CHAUTAUQUA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE; ILLINOIS; ILLINOIS RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANATIDAE; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 26944475942     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)154[0331:MPSPFW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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