Ecology and Management of Islands, Peninsulas and Structures for Nesting Waterfowl
August 17-19, 1988
Gladstone Inn
Jamestown, North Dakota
This resource is based on the following source:
Anonymous. 1988. Abstracts for the Symposium "Ecology and Management of Islands, Peninsulas and Structures for Nesting Waterfowl; 17-19 August 1988, Jamestown, North Dakota. 48 pages.This resource should be cited as:
Anonymous. 1988. Abstracts for the Symposium "Ecology and Management of Islands, Peninsulas and Structures for Nesting Waterfowl; 17-19 August 1988, Jamestown, North Dakota. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Online. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/ecosym/index.htm (Version 16JUL98).
Table of Contents
Symposium Committee and SponsorsSession 1: Using Electric Fence Barriers to Manage Waterfowl
- Boosting Production with Baskets and Barriers
- Kevin Brennan
- The Effects of Cover Manipulation and Electric Predator Barrier on Lake Albert in South Dakota
- Gay Simpson and Dan Limmer
- Prairie Pothole Project Predator-Fenced Cover Plot Evaluations
- Kim Eskowich and Dave Duncan
- Duck Nesting Success in and Homing to an Electric-Fenced Area in Iowa
- James Hansen, Ronald Andrews, Theodore LaGrange and Alan Hancock
- Bullsnake Predation on Nesting Waterfowl on Points and Islands on Valentine National Wildlife Refuge
- Leonard McDaniel
- Waterfowl Production on Peninsulas Where Predators are Excluded by Electric Barriers
- John Lokemoen and Robert Woodward
- Reflections on Electric Fence Management and Research
- Philip Arnold
- Bureau of Land Management Waterfowl Enhancement Projects in Southeastern Montana
- Mark Gorges
- Waterfowl and Piping Plover use of Points and Islands in Northwestern North Dakota
- Tim Kessler, Frank Kartch and Dave Gillund
Session 2: Nesting Structures for Ducks
- Waterfowl Nesting Structures used at the Pipestem Dam Project
- Robert Martin
- Waterfowl use of Man-Made Nesting Structures in South Dakota
- Marcy Haworth and Ken Higgins
- Waterfowl Production on Rock Islands and Floating Nest Structures in Alberta
- Brett Calverly and Gary Stewart
- Evaluation of an Electric Fenced Peninsula on the Young WPA, in the Kulm Wetland Management District
- Lee Albright and Robert Vanden Berge
- Mississippi River: Environmental Management Program--A Test of Predator-Free Nesting Islands
- John Wetzel and Robert Dahlgren
- Elevated Nest Structures for Canada Geese in Northwest Montana
- Dennis Mackey, William Matthews, Jr. and I.J. Ball
- A Floating Nest Platform for Trumpeter Swan and Related Species
- Terry McEneaney
- Evaluation of Waterfowl Habitat Structures in Southwest Montana
- Jim Roscoe
Wednesday Evening Session:
- Effect of Artificial Nests on Mallard Production
- Przemyslaw Majewski and Jacek Engel
Session 3: Use of Nesting Islands by Ducks
- Duckling Survival and Habitat use in an Island Nesting Population: Garrison Reservoir, North Dakota
- Mark Willms and Rodney Sayler
- Impact of Mammalian Predators on Waterfowl Productivity: Mallard Island, North Dakota
- Rodney Sayler and Mark Willms
- Duck Nesting on Islands Constructed in Upland Habitat at Delta, Manitoba
- Robert Jones
- Ducks Nesting on Chesapeake Bay Islands, 1950's Versus 1980's
- Vernon Stotts, Steve Funderburk, and Daniel Stotts
- Island and Peninsula Cutoff Projects on Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge and Wetland Management District
- Steve Knode
- Dense Nesting of Gadwalls and Lesser Scaups on Jessie Lake, Alberta
- Bruce Turner, Paul Pryor, David Sharp, and Ray Greenwood
- Increasing Waterfowl Nest Densities and success by Managing Predators on Islands in Northeastern North Dakota
- Roger Hollevoet, Michael McEnroe and Rick Schnaderbeck
- Waterfowl Production and Losses to Predation on Islands at J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge
- William West and Anna Vos
Session 4: Nesting Structures for Geese
- Nesting Islands for Giant Canada Geese in West-Central Illinois
- Norman Emerick and Douglas Dufford
- Establishment of Nesting Population of Canada Geese in Western Montana Using Nest Platforms Designed to Withstand Adverse Weather Conditions
- David McCleery, Robert Hazlewood and Lyn Nielson
- Use of Stock Pond Islands by Canada Geese in North-Central Montana
- Chris Hoff
- Canada Goose Nesting on Artificial Versus Natural Sites at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
- Gary Ivey, Larry Ditto and Richard Sjostrom
- Differential Use of Man-Made Islands for Nesting by Canada Geese
- Rober Eng, Don Childress and Tom Carlsen
- Use of Artificial Nesting Islands by Dusky Canada Geese on the Copper River Delta, Alaska
- Kieth Giexentanner and Donna Kafka
- Waterfowl Production on Nesting Islands at Mountain Meadows Reservoir, California
- Virginia Getz and James Smith
- Waterfowl use of Nesting Islands and Structures in Phillips County, Montana
- Dwain Prellwitz, Joe Ball and Susan Ball
- Canada Goose Nesting on Natural and Man-Made Islands, Area 8, Montana
- Harvey Nyberg
Session 5: Construction Techniques and General Session
- Ducks Unlimited, Inc.'s Secure Nesting Habitat Program
- Robert Hoffman
- Wetland Enhancement Design and Construction Techniques
- Dennis McDonough
- New Opportunities on Privately Owned Land: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Extension Program Predator Management
- Ronald Stromstad
- Estimating Nest Success on Islands: The Mayfield Method, Apparent Rate or What?
- Douglas Johnson and Terry Shaffer
- Establishing Low Shrubs on Islands to Provide Waterfowl Nesting Cover
- John Lokemoen and Robert Woodward
- Controlling Excessive Avian Predation of Duck Nests on Islands at the Canyon Ferry Wildlife Management Area
- Tom Carlsen, Jeff Herbert and Robert Eng
- Prairie Pothole Project Nest Structure Evaluations
- David Duncan, David Pochailo and Kim Eskowich
Poster Session
- Waterfowl Nesting Islands in a Mississippi Backwater: An Experiment in Progress
- Kathleen Cheap
- Artificial Nesting Islands: Ducks Unlimited Canada Experiences in Western Canada
- Donald Sexton, Robert MacFarlane and Gary Stewart
- Waterfowl use of a New Structure Type and Color-Dyed Nesting Material in Drought Stricken South Dakota--1988
- James Ray and Kenneth Higgins
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