Conserving waste rice for wintering waterfowl in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1383-1387

  Kross, Jennifer P ^a,c   Kaminski, Richard M ^a   Reinecke, Kenneth J ^b   Pearse, Aaron T ^a,d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Ducks Unlimited Incorporated   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Burning; Foraging habitat management; Mississippi Alluvial Valley; Rice; Waste grain; Waterfowl; Winter

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; RICE; STUBBLE; VALLEY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATERFOWL;

ARKANSAS; MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE;

EID: 50249166552     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-226     Document Type: Article

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