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How Much Habitat Management is Needed to Meet Mallard Production Objectives?

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Maps of Plots 601 and 701
Figure 1. Habitat maps of plots with centrally located predator barrier fences. Cropland includes existing CRP cover; other includes hayland, odd areas such as field corners, planted cover, right-of-ways, scrub, and woodland.

 

Graph of recriuts produced vs. % of plot fenced for 601. Graph of recruits produced vs. % of plot fenced for 701
Figure 2. Simulated production of recruits on Plots 601 and 701 when amount of the plot fenced varied from 0 - 35%. Plot 601 had 35% grassland and Plot 701 had 5% grassland.
Graph of recruits produced vs. % of plot in CRP cover for 601. Graph of recruits produced vs. % of plot in CRP cover for 701.
Figure 3. Simulated production of recruits on Plots 601 and 701 when amount of the plot in CRP cover in the plot varied from 0 - 35%. Plot 601 had 35% grassland and Plot 701 had 5% grassland.
Graph of recruits produced vs. % of plot managed for 701.
Figure 4. Simulated production of recruits on Plot 701. Plot had predator fence, and CRP cover varied from 0 - 35%.

 

Graph of benefit vs. cost for predator fencing.
Figure 5. Benefit-cost analysis for adding predator fencing to a hypothetical 2-habitat plot containing grassland and fenced cover. Straight lines illustrate cost for obtaining $35,000 worth of ducks given breeding populations of 500 and 600 pairs. The rightmost end of the curves represent treating 25% of the plot (At= 0.25).

 

Graph of benefit vs. cost for CRP cover.
Figure 6. Benefit-cost analysis for adding CRP cover to a hypothetical 2-habitat plot containing grassland and CRP cover. Straight lines illustrate benefit and cost at maximum net benefit for a breeding population of 500 pairs. The rightmost end of the curves represent treating 50% of the plot (At= 0.05).

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