Drivers of Productivity of Montane and Boreal Breeding Ducks

• Main Author: Bas, Kyla E.
• Other Authors: Clark, Robert G, Gurney, Kirsty B, Reed, Eric T, Lane, Jeffrey, Somers, Christopher, Todd, Christopher D
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: productivity; ducks; lesser scaup; spring phenology; density dependence; climate; local weather; predator-prey community; boreal habitat; montane habitat; brood abundance; duckling mass; Canada; Northwest Territories; Red Rock; Yellowknife
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10388/14452

Annual rates of productivity in wildlife populations are influenced by climatic and biotic factors, and offspring production and recruitment are key components of population growth in many duck species. For lesser scaup (Aythya affinis; scaup), a species of conservation concern, productivity can be...