Intensive agricultural activities near prairie wetlands may result in excessive sediment loads,
which may bury seed and invertebrate egg banks that are important for maintenance and …

We quantified the influence of agricultural activities on environmental and biological conditions
of floodplain wetlands in the upper Missouri River basin. Seasonally-flooded wetlands …

The volume of water in 213 small wetlands on 648 ha of the Altamont moraine in northeastern
South Dakota was measured in April 1982, immediately after the vernal thaw. Water …

Physiographic regions are natural landforms valuable for research and management
landscape stratification. Accurate regional delineations may increase research sampling and …

Prairie pothole wetlands are focal points in the hydrologic regime of the prairies. They store
runoff water, thereby serving as potential floodwater storage reservoirs, and allow it to …

Analogous to ‘seed banks,’‘egg banks’ are important for seasonal succession and maintenance
of invertebrate species diversity throughout wet and dry cycles in the prairie pothole …

In 1999 we surveyed 1,000 randomly selected South Dakota, USA, muzzleloader deer (Odocoileus
spp.) hunters using a self‐administered mail survey to gain better understanding of …

In many localities, winter food plots planted to corn and/or sorghum grains are used to enhance
overwinter survival of ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus). We used organ size …

Wildlife use, and possible economic returns from this source, the purifying effect of wetlands
on polluted water, their effect on water retention, their potential for reducing runoff and …

Federal agencies need definitive criteria to designate wetlands and differentiate them from
upland habitats. Definitive criteria would be extremely valuable in the implementation of the …