A management handbook for seasonally flooded impoundments / Leigh H. Fredrickson and T. Scott Taylor.
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TextPublication details: Puxico, MO : University of Missouri-Columbia, 1980.Description: 75 p. : ill. ; 28 cmOnline resources: Abstract: Waterfowl, particularly dabbling ducks, often concentrate on shallowly flooded wetlands where natural foods are in abundance. Wetland foods that attract waterfowl are produced regularly on exposed mudflats after a controlled drawdown or when surface water disappears from natural wetlands in spring or summer. Naturally occurring seeds from wetland associated plants regularly survive flooding for several months or even years and viable seeds readily germinate on moist habitats when favorable conditions occur. For this group of plants, optimum conditions for germination appear to occur when moisture is at or slightly below field capacity. In contrast, grains such as corn Japanese millet,domestic rice, and soybeans deteriorate rapidly when flooded continously for 90 days or more. Plant names follow Scott and Wasser (1980) and scientific names of plants appear Appendix 1.
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Includes bibliographical references. (p. 50-61).
Waterfowl, particularly dabbling ducks, often concentrate on shallowly flooded wetlands where natural foods are in abundance. Wetland foods that attract waterfowl are produced regularly on exposed mudflats after a controlled drawdown or when surface water disappears from natural wetlands in spring or summer. Naturally occurring seeds from wetland associated plants regularly survive flooding for several months or even years and viable seeds readily germinate on moist habitats when favorable conditions occur. For this group of plants, optimum conditions for germination appear to occur when moisture is at or slightly below field capacity. In contrast, grains such as corn Japanese millet,domestic rice, and soybeans deteriorate rapidly when flooded continously for 90 days or more. Plant names follow Scott and Wasser (1980) and scientific names of plants appear Appendix 1.