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Mallard migration and regional movement timing, distance, and direction data, 2018–2020

October 30, 2023

The mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) is an abundant and wide-spread duck species that exhibits considerable variation in migratory behavior due to a relatively large body size and behavioral plasticity in habitat use. Understanding migration and other movements of mallards has societal interest in a wildlife management context because mallards are a preferred species of waterfowl by hunters and have the largest annual harvest of all duck species in the United States. We monitored juvenile mallards during autumn-winters 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 to determine factors associated with timing, distance, and direction of regional and migration movements during autumn-winter across the midcontinent of North America.

Publication Year 2023
Title Mallard migration and regional movement timing, distance, and direction data, 2018–2020
DOI 10.5066/P9GSUQUU
Authors Aaron T Pearse, Michael Szymanski, Cynthia E Anchor, Rocco Murano, Joshua D Stafford
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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