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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />SUMMARY.............................. <br />INTRODUCTION .............................. 4 <br />DEVELOPMENT OF OBSERVATION AND SITE EVALUATION DATABASES ............. 7 <br />METHODS.................................... <br />Data Set Processing .............................. <br />Observation Number System ............. ............................... 11 <br />Locations........................... ............................... 13 <br />Site Evaluation Data and Codes ................................. — —, — 15 <br />Mapping and Distributional Analyses ................................... * * ...... 25 . <br />1 <br />26 <br />RESULTS.................................. I ..... ............................... <br />26 <br />All Observations ........................................................... <br />26 <br />General Description .................................................. <br />28 <br />Migration Chronology and Temporal Trends ................................ <br />Site Evaluation Data: Characteristics of Habitats .................................. <br />30 <br />30 <br />General Description .................................................. <br />31 <br />Occurrence of Social Groups by Season ................................... <br />33 <br />Habitat Characteristics Relative to Site Use ................................. <br />Wetland System ............................................... <br />33 <br />37 <br />Wetland Class ................ <br />................................ <br />38 <br />Wetland Regime ............................................... <br />38 <br />WetlandSize ................................................. <br />41 <br />RiverWidth .................................................. <br />41 <br />WaterDepths ................................................. <br />42 <br />Water quality .................................................. <br />43 <br />Substrate .................................................... <br />.. <br />44 <br />Wetland Shoreline Slope ...................................... <br />44 <br />Dominant Emergent Vegetation ................................... <br />46 <br />Distribution of Emergent Vegetation ............................... <br />Feeding Site Description ........................................ <br />46 <br />48 <br />Primary Adjacent Habitat ................................ <br />....... <br />49 <br />Similar Habitat Within 10Miles .................................. <br />Distance to Feeding Sites ........................................ <br />50 <br />Primary Potential Food Sources .................................. <br />51 <br />52 <br />Foods Observed Eaten by Cranes ................................. <br />Distance to Human Development .................................. <br />52 <br />Distance to Utility Lines ........................................ <br />52 <br />53 <br />Visibility.................................................... <br />53 <br />Other Species Present .......................................... <br />55 <br />Site Ownership ................................................ <br />56 <br />Site Security .................................................. <br />1 <br />