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- Title
Foraging Differences Between Native and Released Mississippi Sandhill Cranes: Implications for Conservation.
- Authors
Zwank, Phillip J.; Geaghan, James P.; Dewhurst, Donna A.
- Abstract
The article presents a study which evaluates the differences in foraging between native and released Mississippi sandhill crane, Grus canadensis pulla from the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge (MSCNWR) in Mississippi. The study found out that released and native cranes differed in their choice of crop types as well as in the use of various crops over time. Pecan orchards were the most intensively used crop type on private farms, and corn fields were extensively used during winter by native and released cranes, but used less by native during spring. It was also observed that released cranes did not adopt the foraging patterns of native cranes, even though native and released cranes intermingled freely and were, in fact, often observed in the same flocks.
- Subjects
MISSISSIPPI; SANDHILL crane; GRUS; CRANES (Birds); WILDLIFE refuges; WILDLIFE conservation; CONSERVATION biology; ENDANGERED species; WILDLIFE reintroduction; MISSISSIPPI Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge (Miss.)
- Publication
Conservation Biology, 1988, Vol 2, Issue 4, p386
- ISSN
0888-8892
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1523-1739.1988.tb00203.x