Moist soil plant production on Mingo national wildlife refuge / Dean F. Knauer
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TextPublication details: Columiba, MO : University of Missouri, 1977.Description: x, 189 leaves : ill. ; 29 cmOnline resources: Abstract: Management of wet areas for production of naturally occurring moist soil plants offers unique opportunities to attract a great diversity of animal species. Unfortunately the production of seed and vegetative parts of moist soil plants, and the utilization of these food sources by vertebrates are poorly documented. For example, the effects of drawdown dates and soil disturbance on seed and vegetative production and species composition are not well known. Weedy species that are generally considered to be undesirable by wetland managers, may provide essential energy or nutritive requirements for a variety of species. If wetland managers are to develop the full potential of moist soil plant management, techniques must evolve that maximize the production and utilization of this valuable resource. My study objectives were: (1)develop methods to maximize moist soil plant production by draining flooded fields at different times during the spring and summer, and by disturbing these fields by
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Thesis(M.S.)--University of Missouri, 1977.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 146-154).
Management of wet areas for production of naturally occurring moist soil plants offers unique opportunities to attract a great diversity of animal species. Unfortunately the production of seed and vegetative parts of moist soil plants, and the utilization of these food sources by vertebrates are poorly documented. For example, the effects of drawdown dates and soil disturbance on seed and vegetative production and species composition are not well known. Weedy species that are generally considered to be undesirable by wetland managers, may provide essential energy or nutritive requirements for a variety of species. If wetland managers are to develop the full potential of moist soil plant management, techniques must evolve that maximize the production and utilization of this valuable resource. My study objectives were: (1)develop methods to maximize moist soil plant production by draining flooded fields at different times during the spring and summer, and by disturbing these fields by