Revegetating with native grasses / D.B. Wark, W.R. Poole, R.G. Arnott, L.R. Moats and L. Wetter.
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TextPublication details: MB : Ducks Unlimited Canada, 2000.Description: v, 133 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cmSubject(s): Online resources: Abstract: Under the auspices of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, DUC seeds native plant material on approximately 8,000 - 10,000 acres annually in various grassland communities across the Canadian prairies.These fields of seeded nesting cover, while managed primarily to provide secure nesting areas for waterfowl, also benefit many other wildlife species. Periodic agricultural use is permitted as a management technique on many of these plantings. Ducks Unlimited Canada began seeding nesting cover in 1976 using traditional forage grass mixtures.Typically, forage grasses are introduced varieties selected to produce large volumes of palatable, nutritious livestock feed. Such plantings are considered temporary (Duebbert et al. 1981) and within seven to eight years after the establishment of introduced cover plots. DUC land managers began observing declines in the ability of those stands to provide diverse wildlife habitat. As a result, about 14 years ago DUC began looking for alternat
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 49-51).
Under the auspices of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan, DUC seeds native plant material on approximately 8,000 - 10,000 acres annually in various grassland communities across the Canadian prairies.These fields of seeded nesting cover, while managed primarily to provide secure nesting areas for waterfowl, also benefit many other wildlife species. Periodic agricultural use is permitted as a management technique on many of these plantings. Ducks Unlimited Canada began seeding nesting cover in 1976 using traditional forage grass mixtures.Typically, forage grasses are introduced varieties selected to produce large volumes of palatable, nutritious livestock feed. Such plantings are considered temporary (Duebbert et al. 1981) and within seven to eight years after the establishment of introduced cover plots. DUC land managers began observing declines in the ability of those stands to provide diverse wildlife habitat. As a result, about 14 years ago DUC began looking for alternat