The impact of pesticides on the ecology of prairie nesting ducks / P.J. Sheehan ... [et al.].: CW69-5/19E-PDF
"Approximately one-quarter of the total North American duck population breeds on the Canadian Prairies. Encroachment of prairie agriculture on waterfowl nesting habitat has been extensive and shows no sign of abating. Whereas this physical disruption of wildlife habitat is all too visible, the effects of pesticides on the quality of waterfowl habitat and directly on waterfowl are not so readily apparent and have largely been ignored. This report is intended to fill that gap. In it we review in detail the ecology of prairie sloughs and waterfowl, assess the overlap between waterfowl nesting and pesticide use, and examine the main threats associated with both insecticides and herbicides as well as the more generic problem of off-site contamination. Finally, we attempt to put all that information together in a series of scenarios and predict the likely impacts of actual pesticide use"--Abstract, p. iii.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Environment Canada. Canadian Wildlife Service. Headquarters. |
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| Title | The impact of pesticides on the ecology of prairie nesting ducks / P.J. Sheehan ... [et al.]. |
| Series title | Technical report series ; no. 19 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Imperfect copy: cover and verso of cover are wanting. Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. Includes bibliographical references. Issued also in print format. Includes abstract in French. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa : Canadian Wildlife Service, Headquarters, 1987. |
| Author / Contributor | Sheehan, Patrick J. |
| Description | 1 v. (various pagings) : charts, maps. |
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| Subject terms | Pesticides and wildlife Ducks Prairie Provinces |
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