dc.contributor.author | Mwima, Polycarp M | |
dc.contributor.author | Nachuha, Sarah | |
dc.contributor.author | Ejotre, Imran | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-04T06:34:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-04T06:34:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mwima, P.M; Nachuha, S and Ejotre, I (2014) Is the fulvous whistling-duck a threat to the rice crop at Kibimba scheme, Eastern Uganda? The Institute for Bird Populations. Vol.13 pp.10-16 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12309/133 | |
dc.description.abstract | The effect of the Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolour; FWD)
on the crop at Kibimba rice scheme, eastern Uganda, was investigated using both
field methods and diet composition. Data were collected from 31 plots of 4ha each
established on newly-seeded fields. Three, 3x3m exclosures (experimental
treatment) and non-enclosures (control treatment) were placed randomly in each
plot. We counted the number of rice seeds and the number of FWDs in the plot on
three consecutive days after seeding. The number of rice plants in the experimental
treatments was then counted six weeks later. A significant difference in the number
of FWDs existed across the three days which was not the case for the number of
rice seeds. The number of rice plants did not vary between treatments. Rice (Oryza
sativa) and grass weeds (echinochloa spp) contributed 50.5% and 16.3% of the overall
diet in dry weight, respectively. Results of this study indicate that FWDs appear
not to be a threat to the rice crop at Kibimba. On the other hand, the presence of
weed seeds in the FWD diet suggests that these birds may perform an ecosystem
service of controlling weeds on rice farms. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | The Institute for Bird Populations | en_US |
dc.subject | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | en_US |
dc.subject | Rice | en_US |
dc.subject | Kibimba rice scheme | en_US |
dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
dc.title | Is the fulvous whistling-duck a threat to the rice crop at Kibimba scheme, Eastern Uganda? | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |