The Importance of Winter Floods to Mallards in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley

Winter flooding of bottomland hardwood (BLH) floodplains in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV) causes dynamic availability of resources to wintering mallards (Anas platyrhynchos). The effect of changing resource availability on mallard body condition and timing of life-cycle events are important...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of wildlife management 2006-01, Vol.70 (1), p.101-110
1. Verfasser:	HEITMEYER, MICKEY E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anas platyrhynchos Animal behavior Animal feeding behavior Animal populations Birds body composition Bottomland bottomland hardwood wetlands Carrying capacity ducks Ecological adaptation Female animals Flooding Floodplains Floods Food consumption Food habits Forest habitats Freshwater Habitat conservation Habitat utilization Habitats mallard Mississippi Alluvial Valley overwintering Population number prebasic molt Quercus Resource availability Rivers time budgets Valleys Waterfowl wetlands Wildfowl Wildlife conservation wildlife food habits Wildlife habitats Wildlife management Winter
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