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Patterns of wetland use among aquatic birds in the interior boreal forest region of Alaska / Patricia Jo Anne Heglund

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Columbia, MO : University of Missouri - Columbia, 1992.Description: xxiv, 394 leaves : ill. ; 29 cmOnline resources: Dissertation note: Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1992 Abstract: This dissertation contributes information regarding the availability and use of wetlands by the aquatic bird resources of Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge. In Chapter II, I developed a wetland classification,thereby providing land managers with a procedure for identifying important wetland types and as a means of stratifying future samplling efforts. In Chapter III, I used the wetland types identified in Chapter II in an analysis of wetland selection by aquatic birds. On the Yukon Flats, several species exhibited a positive association with different wetland types at various stages in their breeding cycle.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 1992

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 308-352).

This dissertation contributes information regarding the availability and use of wetlands by the aquatic bird resources of Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge. In Chapter II, I developed a wetland classification,thereby providing land managers with a procedure for identifying important wetland types and as a means of stratifying future samplling efforts. In Chapter III, I used the wetland types identified in Chapter II in an analysis of wetland selection by aquatic birds. On the Yukon Flats, several species exhibited a positive association with different wetland types at various stages in their breeding cycle.

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