Waterfowl & habitat investigations at selected prairie provinces wetlands - Part I & II / D.A Young and D.W. Phillips
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TextPublication details: Alberta: Saskatchewan: Manitoba 1979Online resources: Abstract: Ducks Unlimited (Canada) requires waterfowl production and habitat information for assessment of waterfowl utilization of various wetlands throughout Canada. Ducks Unlimited (Canada) retained Beak Consultants Limited (BEAK) to undertake quantitative waterfowl and habitat investigations at 30 selected wetlands within the three prairie provinces. For most wetlands, the 1979 program represented the second year of detailed investigations. Information was collected at the waterfowl and habitat level. For waterfowl, data were collected with regard to numbers of pairs and broods, total waterfowl use and habitat characteristics of duck nests incidentally located. In terms of habitat assessment, vegetation communities were mapped within a 1 km radius of all projects. Information from this exercise was used to evaluate the capability of vegetation communities for satisfying the nesting and brood-rearing requirements of breeding waterfowl. These issues and various other parameters investigated a
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Ducks Unlimited (Canada) requires waterfowl production and habitat information for assessment of waterfowl utilization of various wetlands throughout Canada. Ducks Unlimited (Canada) retained Beak Consultants Limited (BEAK) to undertake quantitative waterfowl and habitat investigations at 30 selected wetlands within the three prairie provinces. For most wetlands, the 1979 program represented the second year of detailed investigations. Information was collected at the waterfowl and habitat level. For waterfowl, data were collected with regard to numbers of pairs and broods, total waterfowl use and habitat characteristics of duck nests incidentally located. In terms of habitat assessment, vegetation communities were mapped within a 1 km radius of all projects. Information from this exercise was used to evaluate the capability of vegetation communities for satisfying the nesting and brood-rearing requirements of breeding waterfowl. These issues and various other parameters investigated a