Effects of habitat management for ducks on target and nontarget species

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 823-834

  Koper, Nicola ^a,b   Schmiegelow, Fiona K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Cattle grazing; Dry mixed grass prairie; Ducks; Edge effects; Field size; Shorebirds; Songbirds; Surrogate species

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRAIRIE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WADER;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS; AVES; AYTHYA AFFINIS; BOS TAURUS; PASSERI;

EID: 33746359690     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[823:EOHMFD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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