An introduction to habitat use and selection by waterfowl in the northern hemisphere [Elektronisk resurs]
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Kaminski, Richard M. (författare)
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Elmberg, Johan 1960- (författare)
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Högskolan Kristianstad Sektionen för lärande och miljö (utgivare)
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Högskolan Kristianstad Forskningsmiljön Man and Biosphere Health (MABH) (utgivare)
- 2014
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Wildfowl. - 0954-6324. ; Special Issue 4, 9-16
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- This introductory article aims to provide a theoretical framework to the topics of habitat use and selection by waterfowl ( i.e. family Anatidae) in the northern hemisphere during the four stages of their annual cycle: autumn migration and winter, spring migration and pre-breeding, nesting and brood rearing, and postbreeding and moulting. Papers addressing each of these seasonal sectors of the annual cycle, which follow this introduction, were presented at the 6th North American Duck Symposium, “Ecology and Conservation of North American Waterfowl” in Memphis, Tennessee in January 2013. Here, we consider the theory and selected empirical evidence relevant to waterfowl habitat and resource use and selection that may affect individual survival and fitness of waterfowl in Nearctic and Palearctic ecozones. Additionally, where possible, a comparative taxonomic approach is attempted in the following papers to identify and generalise patterns in habitat and resource use and selection across waterfowl taxa that may influence biological outcomes for individuals, populations and species through space and time. Each of the subsequent papers use accumulated science-based information to recommend future opportunities and strategies for research and for habitat and population conservation. Collectively, our goals in synthesising information on waterfowl are to help sustain harvestable populations of waterfowl and to protect rare species amid worldwide changes in climate, landscape, economics, socio-politics and growth of human populations.
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- Natural Sciences (hsv)
- Biological Sciences (hsv)
- Zoology (hsv)
- Naturvetenskap (hsv)
- Biologiska vetenskaper (hsv)
- Zoologi (hsv)
Indexterm och SAB-rubrik
- Anatidae
- annual cycle
- biological outcome
- conservation
- fitness
- habitat
- habitat use
- habitat and resource selection
- management
- survival
- waterfowl
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