Factors influencing wetland use by Canada geese

• Main Authors: Naugle, David E., Gleason, Jeffrey S., Jenks, Jonathan A., Higgins, Kenneth E., Mammenga, Paul W., Nusser, Sarah M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Iowa State University Digital Repository 1997
• Subjects: Canada goose; discriminant function analysis; eastern South Dakota; GIS; landscapes; wetlands; Biometry; Biostatistics; Geographic Information Sciences; Natural Resources Management and Policy; Ornithology; Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology; Water Resource Management; Canada; Branta canadensis; Canada Goose
• Online Access: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/stat_las_pubs/5; https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1008&context=stat_las_pubs

Seasonal and semi-permanent wetlands in eastern South Dakota were surveyed in 1995 and 1996 to identify habitat characteristics influencing wetland use by Canada geese (Branta canadensis maxima). Position of a wetland within the landscape and its area were important landscape-scale features influencing wetland use by geese. Our delineation of potential Canada goose habitat using a wetland geographic information system indicated that distribution and area of semi-permanent wetlands likely limit Canada goose occurrence in regions outside the Prairie Coteau. Periodicity in hydrologic cycles within landscapes also may influence goose use of wetlands in eastern South Dakota.