Winter management of California rice fields for waterbirds

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dc.contributor.authorElphick, C. S.en
dc.contributor.authorOring, L. W.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialCaliforniaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:55:41Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:55:41Zen
dc.date.issued1998en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstract1. Recent legislation designed to reduce air pollution has restricted Californian rice farmers from burning rice stubble after harvest. Intentional flooding of fields during winter to speed straw decomposition is becoming increasingly common as growers seek alternatives to burning residual straw. The potential for flooded fields to act as a surrogate for destroyed wetland habitat may be an additional benefit in a region that hosts a large proportion of North America's wintering waterbirds. We investigated the degree to which waterbirds use flooded fields and whether the method of flooding affects their use. Specifically, we tested whether waterbird use (a) was greater in intentionally flooded fields than in unflooded fields, (b) differed among flooded fields receiving different straw manipulations and (c) varied with water depth.en
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dc.identifier1078en
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Applied Ecology 35(1): 95-108en
dc.identifier.issn0021-8901en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65935en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherBritish Ecological Societyen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 1998 British Ecological Societyen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectWetlands conservationen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectShorebirdsen
dc.subjectWaterfowlen
dc.subjectWater depthen
dc.subjectWetland managementen
dc.subjectCrop residuesen
dc.subjectNature conservationen
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleWinter management of California rice fields for waterbirdsen
dc.typeAbstracten
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