Migration routes and chronology of American black ducks

• Main Author: Anderson, Kurt
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Delaware 2013
• Subjects: Black duck > Migration > United States; Canada; Hudson; Lawrence River; Long Island; Long Island Sound; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/12855

Migration influences the ecology, evolution, and conservation of migratory animals (Webster et al. 2002), yet migration routes and timing between breeding and wintering areas is virtually unknown for American black ducks Anas rubripes. We used satellite telemetry to identify migration routes and sto...