Cross-seasonal effects and the dynamics of waterfowl populations

JS Sedinger, RT Alisauskas - Wildfowl, 2014 - wildfowl.wwt.org.uk
Cross-seasonal effects (CSEs) on waterfowl populations link together events and habitats
that individuals experience as carry-over effects (COEs) throughout the annual cycle. The …

Nest site selection by Holarctic waterfowl: a multi-level review

MW Eichholz, J Elmberg - Wildfowl, 2014 - wildfowl.wwt.org.uk
Because of birds' mobility, behaviour and many species' migratory nature, they select
repeatedly and spatially among habitats and have been central figures in studies of avian …

Feedback dynamics of grazing lawns: coupling vegetation change with animal growth

BT Person, MP Herzog, RW Ruess, JS Sedinger… - Oecologia, 2003 - Springer
We studied the effects of grazing by Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) geese (hereafter
Brant) on plant community zonation and gosling growth between 1987 and 2000 at a …

North American Brant: effects of changes in habitat and climate on population dynamics

DH Ward, A Reed, JS Sedinger, JM Black… - Global Change …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We describe the importance of key habitats used by four nesting populations of nearctic
brant (Branta bernicla) and discuss the potential relationship between changes in these …

Climate change, phenology, and habitat degradation: drivers of gosling body condition and juvenile survival in lesser snow geese

LM Aubry, RF Rockwell, EG Cooch… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Nesting migratory geese are among the dominant herbivores in (sub) arctic environments,
which have undergone unprecedented increases in temperatures and plant growing days …

The effects of harvest on waterfowl populations

EG Cooch, M Guillemain, GS Boomer, JD Lebreton… - …, 2014 - wildfowl.wwt.org.uk
Change in the size of populations over space and time is, arguably, the motivation for much
of pure and applied ecological research. The fundamental model for the dynamics of any …

Drivers of waterfowl population dynamics: from teal to swans

DN Koons, G Gunnarsson, JA Schmutz, JJ Rotella - Wildfowl, 2014 - diva-portal.org
Waterfowl are among the best studied and most extensively monitored species in the world.
Given their global importance for sport and subsistence hunting, viewing and ecosystem …

Density‐dependent and phenological mismatch effects on growth and survival in lesser snow and Ross's goslings

MV Ross, RT Alisauskas, DC Douglas… - Journal of Avian …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Strong seasonality of high‐latitude environments imposes temporal constraints on forage
availability and quality for keystone herbivores in terrestrial arctic ecosystems, including …

[PDF][PDF] Density dependence and phenological mismatch: consequences for growth and survival of sub-arctic nesting Canada Geese.

RW Brook, JO Leafloor, KF Abraham… - Avian Conservation & …, 2015 - academia.edu
The extent to which species are plastic in the timing of their reproductive events relative to
phenology suggests how climate change might affect their demography. An ecological …

Individual heterogeneity in black brant survival and recruitment with implications for harvest dynamics

MS Lindberg, JS Sedinger… - Ecology and …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We examined individual heterogeneity in survival and recruitment of female P acific black
brant (B ranta bernicla nigricans) using frailty models adapted to a capture–mark–recapture …