Platte River Ecosystem Resources and Management, with Emphasis on the Big Bend Reach in Nebraska

Tables

Table 2. Changes in the availability of waste corn (kg dry wt/ha) on the Platte River study area. Data from USFWS (1981).

Time of Sample Collection

Sampled Corn After corn harvest (early November 1978)
n=30 fields p^a Before crane arrival (early March 1979) n= 29 fields p After crane departure (early April 1979)
n= 25 fields

Kernel 100 NS 85 * 38

Ear 299 * 120 NS 90

Total 399 * 205 * 128

^ap = Significance level of t-test between means in adjacent columns.
* = p<0.05; NS indicates p>0.05

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Time of Sample Collection
Sampled Corn	After corn harvest (early November 1978) n=30 fields	p^a	Before crane arrival (early March 1979) n= 29 fields	p	After crane departure (early April 1979) n= 25 fields
Kernel	100	NS	85	*	38
Ear	299	*	120	NS	90
Total	399	*	205	*	128