Waterbird nest density and nest survival in rice fields of Southwestern Louisiana

Waterbirds

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-330

  Pierluissi, Sergio ^a,c   King, Sammy L ^b   Kaller, Michael D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service Daphne   (United States)

Author keywords

Common Moorhen; Fulvous Whistling Duck; nest searching; Purple Gallinule

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; FALLOW; PADDY FIELD; SOYBEAN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; WATERFOWL;

LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS FULVIGULA; DENDROCYGNA; DENDROCYGNA BICOLOR; GALLINULA CHLOROPUS; GLYCINE MAX; IXOBRYCHUS; PORPHYRIO; PORPHYRIO MARTINICUS;

EID: 77957372855     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.033.0308     Document Type: Article

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