Wetland use by wintering geese in the Gulf Coast Plains and Rice Prairie region of Texas, USA

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J T Anderson
G T Muehl
T C deceased Tacha

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We studied wetland habitat use by wintering geese in the Coastal Plains and Rice Prairie Regions of Texas during 1991-92 and 1992-93. White-fronted Geese were most abundant on lacustrine littoral aquatic-bed floating vascular (x=2.10/ha) and unconsolidated shore organic (x=1.55/ha) wetlands. White geese (Snow and Ross') were most abundant on estuarine intertidal aquatic-bed algal (x=8.71/ha) wetlands. Canada Geese were most abundant on lacustrine littoral unconsolidated shore vegetated (x=1.81/ha) wetlands. Geese used 16 of the 82 wetland types in the study area. Management of both open-water and vegetated wetlands is necessary to effectively influence the distribution and abundance of wintering geese.

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Anderson, J. T., Muehl, G. T., & Tacha, T. C. deceased. (1999). Wetland use by wintering geese in the Gulf Coast Plains and Rice Prairie region of Texas, USA. Wildfowl, 45–56. Retrieved from https://tidsskrift.dk/Wildfowl/article/view/154583
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