Impacts and management of duck-nest predation: The managers' view

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 772-781

  West, Ben C ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Messmer, Terry A ^a,h,i,j  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 9690 ^*  (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Berryman Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^f Wildlife Society   (United States)

^g VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

ⁱ NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j U S ARMY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Adaptive management; Human dimensions; Nest predation; Predator management; Utah; Waterfowl management

Indexed keywords

NEST PREDATION; PREDATOR CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WATERFOWL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER;

EID: 7544247221     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)032[0772:IAMODP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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