Fire in North American Wetland Ecosystems and Fire-Wildlife Relations: An Annotated Bibliography

82. Fritzell, E. K 1975. Effects of agricultural burning on nesting waterfowl. 
         Can. Field-Nat. 89:21-27.

Agricultural burning in an intensively farmed region within Manitoba's pothole district is shown to affect the nesting activities of ground nesting ducks. All species except blue-winged teal preferred unburned nest cover, although success was higher in burned areas, where predators may have exerted less influence. Attitudes of farmers, burning chronology, and nest destruction by fires are also reported. [From author's abstract]

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