Effects of water depth, cover and food resources on habitat use of marsh birds and waterfowl in Boreal Wetlands of Manitoba, Canada

Waterbirds

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-55

  Baschuk, Mark S ^a   Koper, Nicola ^a   Wrubleski, Dale A ^b   Goldsborough, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

boreal wetlands; call response; habitat use; marsh birds; water level management; waterfowl

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; CALLING BEHAVIOR; DELTA; FISH; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; LINEARITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RIVER BASIN; WATER DEPTH; WATER LEVEL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERFOWL; WETLAND;

CANADA; MANITOBA; SASKATCHEWAN RIVER;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES; AYTHYA; BOTAURUS LENTIGINOSUS; BUCEPHALA; FULICA AMERICANA; INVERTEBRATA; PODILYMBUS PODICEPS; PORZANA; PORZANA CAROLINA; RALLUS LIMICOLA;

EID: 84860435918     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.035.0105     Document Type: Article

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