Effects of habitat edges and agricultural practices on waterfowl nest predation in a fragmented prairie landscape

The focus of my research was to study the spacial pattern of waterfowl nest predation in several duck-producing regions of the Canadian prairies. Specifically, I examined the consequences of human-made edges to upland waterfowl nesting success. First, I tested the hypothesis that predation on artifi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pasitschniak-Arts, Maria
Other Authors: Messier, François
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Saskatchewan 1996
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-10202004-235655