Quantifying habitat quality is dependent on measuring a site's relative contribution to
population growth rate. This is challenging for studies of waterbirds, whose high mobility can …

Abstract Knowledge of interspecific and spatiotemporal variation in demography–
environment relationships is key for understanding the population dynamics of sympatric …

Species conservation requires an understanding of the factors and interactions affecting
species distribution and behavior, habitat availability and use, and corresponding vital rates …

Finding and monitoring nests are key components of avian research, but they are often
expensive, time‐consuming, and inefficient operations. This is certainly true for diving ducks …

Annual Finnish breeding duck surveys over the last 30 years show declining abundance
among several species and greater declines on eutrophic waters than oligotrophic lakes. It …

Mottled ducks (Anas fulvigula) are endemic to the Gulf Coast of North America, and their
range stretches from Alabama to the Laguna Madre of Mexico, with a distinct population in …

Wetlands belong to the globally most threatened habitats, and organisms depending on
them are of conservation concern. Wetland destruction and quality loss may affect negatively …

Brood surveys are used to estimate productivity in ducks, but road‐side transects, aerial
surveys, and double‐observer ground surveys have likely underestimated productivity. Duck …

Effective species conservation requires understanding environmental effects on stage-
specific demographics driving population change. Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) …

Over the past decade, the United States has seen a rapid increase in oil and gas extraction
from areas where resources were previously thought to be unrecoverable, particularly the …