Breeding bird use and wetland characteristics of diked and undiked coastal marshes in Michigan

• Published in: The Journal of Wildlife Management
• Main Authors: Monfils, Michael J., Brown, Patrick W., Hayes, Daniel B., Soulliere, Gregory J., Kafcas, Ernest N.
• Other Authors: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: Bay Lake; Canada; Branta canadensis; Canada Goose
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.637; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjwmg.637; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jwmg.637

Abstract Dikes were built on Great Lakes coastal wetlands to enable water level management for wetland wildlife, particularly waterfowl, but few studies have compared bird use of these areas to undiked sites. During 2005–2007, we evaluated 9 diked and 7 undiked coastal wetlands at the St. Clair Flat...