Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Bird Use and Nesting in Conventional,
Minimum-tillage, and Organic Cropland

Table 7


Table 7:Percent hatching success of breeding waterfowl, shorebirds, and passerines on conventional, minumum-tillage, and organic fields in southeast North Dakota, 1991-93.
  Conventional Minimum-till Organic Total
Success 95%CI Success 95%CI Success 95%CI Success 95%CI
Waterfowl 0 0-100 0 0-39 0 0-14 0 0-5
Shorebirds 17 4-63 33 14-76 11 4-30 18 10-32
Passerines 29 16-51 31 21-45 21 15-30 25 20-32


Previous Section -- Table 6
Return to Contents
NPWRC Home | Site Map | About Us | Staff | Search | Contact | Web Help | Copyright

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

Take Pride in America home page. FirstGov button U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/birduse/table7.htm
Page Contact Information: npwrc@usgs.gov
Page Last Modified: August 3, 2006