Duck nesting in tame hay fields in southern Manitoba / Tim R. Kreher
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TextPublication details: Carbondale, IL : Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1998.Description: x, 50 leaves : ill. ; 29 cmOnline resources: Abstract: Low nest success of upland nesting duck species was one factor that contributed to declining duck populations in the late 1980's and early 1990's. Public and private agencies have sought to increase nest success and recruitment by enhancing hesting habitat in the prairie pothole region of the United States and Canada. One such program delays hay mowing in alfalfa (Medicago sativa) fields in to minimize nest destruction. This program compensates farmers to delay hay harvest until mid-July to protect duck nests in hay fields from mechanical destruction. However, the contribution of delayed haying programs to local and regional breeding populations, and thus cost-effectiveness, is not known.
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Thesis(M.S.)--Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 46-49).
Low nest success of upland nesting duck species was one factor that contributed to declining duck populations in the late 1980's and early 1990's. Public and private agencies have sought to increase nest success and recruitment by enhancing hesting habitat in the prairie pothole region of the United States and Canada. One such program delays hay mowing in alfalfa (Medicago sativa) fields in to minimize nest destruction. This program compensates farmers to delay hay harvest until mid-July to protect duck nests in hay fields from mechanical destruction. However, the contribution of delayed haying programs to local and regional breeding populations, and thus cost-effectiveness, is not known.