Habitat fragmentation, striped skunks, and waterfowl nest predation

In North America, expansion of agriculture has resulted in the fragmentation of grasslands. Consequently, waterfowl populations have declined due to predation on nests. Predation on nests is an old evolutionary force affecting waterfowl, but the recent fragmentation of grasslands may have yielded a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lariviere, Serge Jacques
Other Authors: Messier, François
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Saskatchewan 1998
Online Access:http://library.usask.ca/theses/available/etd-10212004-000859