A comparison of restored and natural wetlands as habitat for birds in the Prairie Pothole Region of Saskatchewan, Canada

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.25, 2012, Pages 173-187

  Puchniak Begley, Allison J ^a   Gray, Brian T ^b,c   Paszkowski, Cynthia A ^d  

^a WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^b DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Applied community ecology; Birds; Ordination; Prairie pothole region; Saskatchewan; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES; POPULUS;

EID: 84878336525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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