Drought-Displacement of Pintails to the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska
Derksen DV and Eldridge WD. 1980. Drought-Displacement of Pintails to the Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 44(1):224-229
Weller stated that migration and other forms of spatial shifts in ducks are adaptations to unstable ecosystems. Instability in prairie and parkland wetlands due to drought results in reduced waterfowl carrying capacity and increased losses from predation, as well as movement to Arctic wetlands.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Derksen, Dirk; Eldridge, William
- Units
- ARCN , BELA , CAKR , GAAR , KOVA , NOAT
- Keywords
- Anas acuta, Arctic