Rice and duck, a good combination? Identifying the incentives and triggers for joint rice farming and wild duck conservation

CA Pernollet, D Simpson, M Gauthier-Clerc… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Rice is cultivated in 114 countries worldwide, with nearly half of the world's waterfowl
species being directly or indirectly relying on this production during at least one stage of …

[PDF][PDF] Foraging flight distances of wintering ducks and geese: a review

WP Johnson, PM Schmidt… - Avian Conservation and …, 2014‏ - researchgate.net
The distance covered by foraging animals, especially those that radiate from a central area
when foraging, may affect ecosystem, community, and population dynamics, and has …

Complementary use of natural and artificial wetlands by waterbirds wintering in Doñana, south‐west Spain

J Kloskowski, AJ Green, M Polak… - Aquatic …, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
The Doñana wetland complex (SW Spain) holds more wintering waterfowl than any other
wetland in Europe. 2. This study focused on the use made by 12 common waterbirds (eight …

Local and landscape associations between wintering dabbling ducks and wetland complexes in Mississippi

AT Pearse, RM Kaminski, KJ Reinecke, SJ Dinsmore - Wetlands, 2012‏ - Springer
Landscape features influence distribution of waterbirds throughout their annual cycle. A
conceptual model, the wetland habitat complex, may be useful in conservation of wetland …

Less waste corn, more land in soybeans, and the switch to genetically modified crops: trends with important implications for wildlife management

GL Krapu, DA Brandt, RR Cox Jr - Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2004‏ - Wiley Online Library
American agriculture has provided abundant high‐energy foods for migratory and resident
wildlife populations since the onset of modern wildlife management. Responding to …

The role of protected area wetlands in waterfowl habitat conservation: implications for protected area network design

WS Beatty, DC Kesler, EB Webb, AH Raedeke… - Biological …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The principal goal of protected area networks is biodiversity preservation, but efficacy of
such networks is directly linked to animal movement within and outside area boundaries. We …

The effects of harvest on waterfowl populations

EG Cooch, M Guillemain, GS Boomer, JD Lebreton… - …, 2014‏ - wildfowl.wwt.org.uk
Change in the size of populations over space and time is, arguably, the motivation for much
of pure and applied ecological research. The fundamental model for the dynamics of any …

Waterbird foods in winter‐managed ricefields in Mississippi

SW Manley, RM Kaminski, KJ Reinecke… - The Journal of wildlife …, 2004‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ricefields are important foraging habitats for waterfowl and other waterbirds in primary North
American wintering regions. We conducted a large‐scale experiment to test effects of post …

Habitat and resource use by waterfowl in the northern hemisphere in autumn and winter

JB Davis, M Guillemain, RM Kaminski, C Arzel… - …, 2014‏ - wildfowl.wwt.org.uk
A particular aim of avian ecologists, especially those studying waterfowl Anatidae, in the
20th and early 21st centuries has been to elucidate how organisms use habitats and …

Hunting constrains wintering mallard response to habitat and environmental conditions

CJ Highway, AG Blake‐Bradshaw, NM Masto… - Wildlife …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The spatiotemporal allocation of activity is fundamental to how organisms balance energetic
intake and predation risk. Activity patterns fluctuate daily and seasonally, and they are …