Use of wetlands by spring-migrant shorebirds in agricultural landscapes of North Dakota's Drift Prairie

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-39

  Niemuth, Neal D ^a   Estey, Michael E ^a   Reynolds, Ronald E ^a   Loesch, Charles R ^a   Meeks, William A ^b,c  

^a United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^b USFWS Devil's Lake Wetland Management District   (United States)

^c Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Farm bill; Landscape ecology; Migration chronology; Prairie Pothole Region; Wetland complex

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT USE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PROTECTED AREA; PUBLIC SECTOR; WADER; WETLAND MANAGEMENT;

DRIFT PRAIRIE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845746659     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[30:UOWBSS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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