Waste rice for waterfowl in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-69

  Stafford, Joshua D ^a,d   Kaminski, Richard M ^a   Reinecke, Kenneth J ^b   Manley, Scott W ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Tri State Field Station   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Conservation planning; Estimation; Food resources; Foraging; Mississippi Alluvial Valley; Rice; Sampling; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NATURE CONSERVATION; PADDY FIELD; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE;

EID: 33646494032     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[61:WRFWIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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