Annual movement patterns of American common eiders Somateria mollissima dresseri. Mallory, A., Mark, L., Robert, A., Bradford, R., Mallory, M., L., Ronconi, R., A., Allen, R., B., Dwyer, C., Lair, S., Mallory, C., D., Mclellan, N., R., Milton, G., R., Parsons, G., J., Savoy, L., & Tomlik, M., D. Wildlife Biology, 2020(May):1-10, 2020.
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The American common eider Somateria mollissima dresseri is a sea duck of coastal mid-Atlantic North America, and breed- ing colonies in the southern part of its range have been in decline. To better understand threats faced by the subspecies, we used satellite telemetry to track 46 eiders through their annual cycle in four years from three regions in the southern part of the range, to identify key locations and migratory corridors. Female eiders exhibited highly variable movement phenol- ogy within and among colonies, but coastal Maine and Massachusetts were consistent, important moulting areas for males and females from all breeding colonies. Most birds wintered in coastal waters around Cape Cod and Nantucket Sound, meaning that threats in this region (industrial development, disease outbreak, harvest) could have deleterious effects on much of the population.
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 abstract = {The American common eider Somateria mollissima dresseri is a sea duck of coastal mid-Atlantic North America, and breed- ing colonies in the southern part of its range have been in decline. To better understand threats faced by the subspecies, we used satellite telemetry to track 46 eiders through their annual cycle in four years from three regions in the southern part of the range, to identify key locations and migratory corridors. Female eiders exhibited highly variable movement phenol- ogy within and among colonies, but coastal Maine and Massachusetts were consistent, important moulting areas for males and females from all breeding colonies. Most birds wintered in coastal waters around Cape Cod and Nantucket Sound, meaning that threats in this region (industrial development, disease outbreak, harvest) could have deleterious effects on much of the population.},
 bibtype = {article},
 author = {Mallory, Authors and Mark, L and Robert, A and Bradford, R and Mallory, Mark L and Ronconi, Robert A and Allen, R Bradford and Dwyer, Chris and Lair, Stéphane and Mallory, Conor D and Mclellan, Nic R and Milton, G Randy and Parsons, Glen J and Savoy, Lucas and Tomlik, Molly D},
 journal = {Wildlife Biology},
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