Depletion of rice as food of waterfowl wintering in the mississippi alluvial valley

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1125-1133

  Greer, Danielle M ^a,d   Dugger, Bruce D ^a,e   Reinecke, Kenneth J ^b   Petrie, Mark J ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Ducks Unlimited Inc   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

food availability; food depletion; habitat management; Mississippi Alluvial Valley; rice; wintering waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; FLOODING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; OVERWINTERING; RICE; SEASONALITY; SEED; VALLEY; WATERFOWL;

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE;

EID: 67650038635     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2008-250     Document Type: Article

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