A classification scheme for waterfowl breeding habitat in the Peace -Athabasca Delta / Francine M.R Hughes
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TextPublication details: Calgary, AB : University of Calgary, 1980.Description: xiii, 192 leaves : ill. ; 28 cmOnline resources: Abstract: The Peace-Athabasca Delta, located in northeastern Alberta, is a large wetland complex providing suitable breeding habitat for waterfowl. Water levels in the Delta fluctuate considerably during the course of one year and between years and the vegetation is in a constant state of adjustment to the dynamic environment created by these changing water levels. The building of the Bennett Dam on the Peace River in 1968 disturbed the natural hydrologic regime of the Delta, thus creating the need to have methods of rapidly assessing the various wildlife resources of the Delta at different water levels. To accomplish this, a classification is presented which rates waterfowl habitat around the edges of the many basins characteristics of the Delta's landscape. The shoreline around each basin was initially divided into vegetation units.Combinations of these units were then placed into one of five rating classes for waterfowl use according to their potential for nest-building and brood-rearing fo
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Thesis(M.Sc.)--University of Calgary, 1980.
Includes bibliographical references.
The Peace-Athabasca Delta, located in northeastern Alberta, is a large wetland complex providing suitable breeding habitat for waterfowl. Water levels in the Delta fluctuate considerably during the course of one year and between years and the vegetation is in a constant state of adjustment to the dynamic environment created by these changing water levels. The building of the Bennett Dam on the Peace River in 1968 disturbed the natural hydrologic regime of the Delta, thus creating the need to have methods of rapidly assessing the various wildlife resources of the Delta at different water levels. To accomplish this, a classification is presented which rates waterfowl habitat around the edges of the many basins characteristics of the Delta's landscape. The shoreline around each basin was initially divided into vegetation units.Combinations of these units were then placed into one of five rating classes for waterfowl use according to their potential for nest-building and brood-rearing fo