Ecology and management of breeding waterfowl / Bruce D.J. Batt ... [et al.], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Batt, Bruce D. J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Waterfowl--Breeding--Congresses.

Waterfowl.

Waterfowl management--Congresses.

Waterfowl management.

Waterfowl--Ecology--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (658 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In August of 1987, the International Symposium on the Ecology and Management of Breeding Waterfowl was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. A major goal was to review the progress that had been made in this field during the previous five decades of research in various subject areas within the broader scope of breeding waterfowl ecology. This volume represents the final versions of the nineteen plenary papers that have been revised and updated since the symposium.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction: The Waterfowl; 1. Foraging Ecology and Nutrition; 2. The Cost of Egg Laying and Its Relationship to Nutrient Reserves in Waterfowl; 3. Incubation and Brood Care; 4. Ecology of Prefledging Waterfowl; 5. Ecology and Management of Postbreeding Waterfowl; 6. The Mating Systems of Waterfowl; 7. Courtship, Pair Formation, and Signal Systems; 8. Spacing Patterns; 9. Ecology and Evolution of Brood Parasitism in Waterfowl; 10. Environmental and Endocrine Control of Waterfowl Reproduction

11. Philopatry, Dispersal, and the Genetic Structure of Waterfowl Populations12. Mortality During the Breeding Season; 13. Breeding Population Inventories and Measures of Recruitment; 14. Population Dynamics of Breeding Waterfowl; 15. The Evolution of Reproductive Patterns in Waterfowl; 16. Patterns in Breeding Duck Communities; 17. Breeding Habitats of Nearctic Waterfowl; 18. Habitat Management for Breeding Areas; Notes on Contributors; Index

Notes:

Edited papers presented at the International Symposium on the Ecology and Management of Breeding Waterfowl, held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Aug. 1987.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-8408-1

OCLC:

476093110