The importance of agricultural landscapes as key nesting habitats for the american black duck in maritime canada

Waterbirds

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 525-534

  Lieske, David J ^a   Pollard, Bruce ^b   Gloutney, Mark ^c   Milton, Randy ^d   Connor, Kevin ^e   Dibblee, Randy ^f   Parsons, Glen ^d   Howerter, David ^c  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

^d NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^e Fish and Wildlife Branch   (Canada)

^f Forests Fish and Wildlife Division   (Canada)

Author keywords

American Black Duck; GIS; Maritimes; mixed modeling; model averaging; species distribution

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; GIS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; MARITIME BOUNDARY; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERFOWL;

CANADA;

ANAS; ANAS RUBRIPES;

EID: 84872894997     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.035.0403     Document Type: Article

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