Declining scaup populations: a retrospective analysis of long-term population and harvest survey data

AD Afton, MG Anderson - The Journal of wildlife management, 2001‏ - JSTOR
We examined long-term databases concerning population status of scaup (lesser [Aythya
affinis] and greater scaup [A. marila] combined) and harvest statistics of lesser scaup to …

Waterbirds as indicators of ecosystem health in the coastal marine habitats of southern Florida: 1. Selection and justification for a suite of indicator species

JC Ogden, JD Baldwin, OL Bass, JA Browder… - Ecological …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The coastal marine environment is currently under threat from many anthropogenic
pressures that were identified by the MARES project. Indicators of ecosystem health are …

A method for investigating population declines of migratory birds using stable isotopes: origins of harvested lesser scaup in North America

KA Hobson, MB Wunder, SL Van Wilgenburg… - PLoS …, 2009‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Elucidating geographic locations from where migratory birds are recruited into
adult breeding populations is a fundamental but largely elusive goal in conservation biology …

Declining scaup populations: issues, hypotheses, and research needs

JE Austin, AD Afton, MG Anderson, RG Clark… - Wildlife Society …, 2000‏ - JSTOR
The population estimate for greater (Aythya marila) and lesser (Aythya affinis) scaup
(combined) has declined dramatically since the early 1980s to record lows in 1998. The …

Nutrient Reserves of Lesser Scaup (Aythya Affinis) During Spring Migration in the Mississippi Flyway: A Test of the Spring Condition Hypothesis

MJ Anteau, AD Afton - The Auk, 2004‏ - academic.oup.com
The continental scaup population (Lesser [Aythya affinis] and Greater [A. marila] combined)
has declined markedly since 1978. One hypothesis for the population decline states that …

Population vulnerability to climate change linked to timing of breeding in boreal ducks

MC Drever, RG Clark, C Derksen… - Global Change …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Identifying and understanding why traits make species vulnerable to changing climatic
conditions remain central problems in evolutionary and applied ecology. We used spring …

A multi-scaled analysis of avian response to habitat amount and fragmentation in the Canadian dry mixed-grass prairie

N Koper, FKK Schmiegelow - Landscape Ecology, 2006‏ - Springer
Previous research has suggested that ducks and songbirds may benefit from prairie
landscapes that consist primarily of contiguous grasslands. However, the relative …

Trace elements, organochlorines, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, dioxins, and furans in lesser scaup wintering on the Indiana Harbor Canal

TW Custer, CM Custer, RK Hines, DW Sparks - Environmental Pollution, 2000‏ - Elsevier
During the winter of 1993–94, male lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) were collected on the
heavily polluted Indiana Harbor Canal (IHC), East Chicago, IN, USA, and examined for …

Amphipod densities and indices of wetland quality across the upper-Midwest, USA

MJ Anteau, AD Afton - Wetlands, 2008‏ - Springer
Nutritional, behavioral, and diet data for lesser scaup (Aythya affinis [Eyton, 1838]) indicates
that there has been a decrease in amphipod (Gammarus lacustris [GO Sars, 1863] and …

A comparison of auditory brainstem responses across diving bird species

SE Crowell, AM Wells-Berlin, CE Carr… - Journal of Comparative …, 2015‏ - Springer
There is little biological data available for diving birds because many live in hard-to-study,
remote habitats. Only one species of diving bird, the black-footed penguin (Spheniscus …