An assessment of re-directing breeding waterfowl conservation relative to predictions of climate change

Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-22

  Loesch, Charles R ^a   Reynolds, Ronald E ^a,b   Hansen, Leroy T ^c  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b Economic Research Service ^*  (United States)

^c ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding pairs; Climate change; Economic assessment; Hatchlings; Prairie pothole region; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 84887021884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1944687X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3996/032011-JFWM-020     Document Type: Article

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