Seasonal variation in waterfowl nesting success and its relation to management in the Canadian prairies

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1181-1193

  Emery, Robert B ^a   Howerter, David W ^a   Armstrong, Llwellyn M ^a   Anderson, Michael G ^a   Devries, James H ^a   Joynt, Brian L ^a  

^a Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cover management; Initiation date; Mallard; Nesting success; Planted cover; Prairie Pothole Region; Seasonal variation; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

HABITAT MANAGEMENT; NESTING SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER; WATERFOWL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANAS; ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE;

EID: 27944472187     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[1181:SVIWNS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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