Thinking like a duck: fall lake use and movement patterns of juvenile ring-necked ducks before migration.

The post-fledging period is one of the least studied portions of the annual cycle in waterfowl. Yet, recruitment into the breeding population requires that young birds have sufficient resources to survive this period. We used radio-telemetry and generalized estimating equations to examine support fo...

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Main Authors: Charlotte L Roy, John Fieberg, Christopher Scharenbroich, Christine M Herwig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3925105?pdf=render