"Studies published in the late 1970s and early 1980s have provided us with a better understanding of waterfowl nesting on Islands in the St. Lawrence River between Montréal and Trois-Rivières. The objective of our study was to describe the use of the islands by dabbling ducks and to assess the role of habitat characteristics (e.g., area, plant cover, human activities) in the selection of the Islands by waterfowl"--Abstract.