Duck productivity in restored species-rich native and species-poor non-native plantings.

Conservation efforts to increase duck production have led the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to restore grasslands with multi-species (3-5) mixtures of introduced cool season vegetation often termed dense nesting cover (DNC). The effectiveness of DNC to increase duck production has been var...

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Main Authors: Ryan D Haffele, Michael W Eichholz, Cami S Dixon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3698178?pdf=render