Banding age ratios reveal prairie waterfowl fecundity is affected by climate, density dependence and predator–prey dynamics

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• waterfowl 100%
• density dependence 99%
• fecundity 92%
• prairie 85%
• climate 42%
• habitat management 16%
• temporal variation 15%
• harvest 11%
• wetland 9%
• easement 8%
• ringing 8%
• prey availability 8%
• breeding site 7%
• nest 6%
• hydrological cycle 6%
• breeding 6%
• population dynamics 5%
• grassland 5%
• vulnerability 5%
• attribute 4%
• effect 4%
• land use 4%
• policy 3%
• indicator 3%
• summer 3%
• program 3%
• index 3%
• basin 3%
• energy 2%
• modeling 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• waterfowl 96%
• prairies 88%
• fecundity 68%
• climate 63%
• temporal variation 19%
• habitat conservation 14%
• wetlands 11%
• hydrologic cycle 8%
• voles 6%
• space and time 6%
• ducks 6%
• managers 6%
• breeding sites 6%
• land use 5%
• basins 5%
• demographic statistics 5%
• population dynamics 5%
• grasslands 5%
• nests 4%
• summer 4%
• breeding 3%
• energy 3%
• synthesis 3%