Diet and nutrition of northern pintails wintering along the southern coast of Texas

BM Ballard, JE Thompson, MJ Petrie… - The Journal of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Most northern pintails (Anas acuta; hereafter pintails) in the Central Flyway winter within the
Gulf Coast and adjacent rice prairies of Texas, USA. However, wintering habitat has …

Decision support tool: Mottled duck habitat management and conservation in the Western Gulf Coast

A Krainyk, BM Ballard, MG Brasher, BC Wilson… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Western Gulf Coast provides important habitat for migratory and resident
waterfowl. The mottled duck (Anas fulvigula) relies on this region for all of its life-cycle …

Carcass composition and digestive‐tract dynamics of northern pintails wintering along the Lower Texas Coast

BM Ballard, JE Thompson… - The Journal of wildlife …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
We collected 341 northern pintails (Anas acuta) along the lower Texas coast, USA, to
investigate dynamics of carcass and digestive tract components during winter to help assess …

[PDF][PDF] Survival, habitat use, and movements of female Northern Pintails wintering along the Texas coast

JT Anderson - 2008 - gcjv.org
SURVIVAL, HABITAT USE , AND MOVEMENTS OF FEMALE NORTHERN PINTAILS WINTERING
ALONG THE TEXAS COAST A Thesis by JAMES T. ANDERSON Page 1 SURVIVAL, HABITAT …

[BOOK][B] Nutritional ecology of northern pintails wintering in the Laguna Madre of Texas

BM Ballard - 2001 - search.proquest.com
Molt intensity, digestive tract morphology, diet, and carcass composition of northern pintails
were investigated along the southern Texas Coast during winters of 1997–98 and 1998–99 …

Linking waterfowl ecology and management: a Texas coast perspective

BM Ballard - Wildlife Science, 2007 - taylorfrancis.com
The Texas Coast.................................................................................... 96 Coastal
Habitats.................................................................................. 96 The Rice Prairies …

[PDF][PDF] Survival and habitat use of female northern pintails wintering along the central coast of Texas

JT Anderson, BM Ballard - Report to Ducks Unlimited, Texas AandM …, 2006 - gcjv.org
Northern pintails (Anas acuta; hereafter, pintails) are widely distributed in North America
during breeding and non-breeding periods. In winter, largest concentrations are generally …

[BOOK][B] Characterization of Section 404 permit mitigation plans, coastal margin and associated watersheds, upper Texas coast

AAT Conkey - 2009 - search.proquest.com
A predicted loss of agricultural rice-wetlands and increasing urbanization and development
threatens the remaining freshwater wetlands along the upper Texas coast. To avoid …

[CITATION][C] White Paper The Valuation of Ecosystem Services with Relevance to the Lower Galveston Bay Watershed

E Biltonen, G Biddinger, R Bernknopf, J Lester, D Saah… - 2011