Hall, L.A., Latty, C.J., Warren, J.M., Takekawa, J.Y., and De La Cruz, S.E.W., 2024, Tracking data for Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9QERTWN.
Summary
These location data were collected from a free-ranging species of diving duck, the Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis), using the Argos Satellite Telemetry System with platform transmitter terminals (PTTs) that were surgically implanted in ducks. Ducks were marked at two breeding areas: Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA at the northern extent of their distribution (66.51000 degrees N, -145.98556 degrees W) in 2012 and at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Montana, USA at the southern extent of their distribution (44.63778 degrees N, -111.73694 degrees W) in 2009. These data can be downloaded from the Movebank repository (www.movebank.org) as an Excel (.csv), Google Earth (.kmz), or ESRI shapefile (study name "Tracking [...]
Summary
These location data were collected from a free-ranging species of diving duck, the Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis), using the Argos Satellite Telemetry System with platform transmitter terminals (PTTs) that were surgically implanted in ducks. Ducks were marked at two breeding areas: Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, USA at the northern extent of their distribution (66.51000 degrees N, -145.98556 degrees W) in 2012 and at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge in Montana, USA at the southern extent of their distribution (44.63778 degrees N, -111.73694 degrees W) in 2009. These data can be downloaded from the Movebank repository (www.movebank.org) as an Excel (.csv), Google Earth (.kmz), or ESRI shapefile (study name "Tracking Data for Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)", study ID 1081716933, https://www.movebank.org/cms/webapp?gwt_fragment=page=studies,path=study1081716933).
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Related External Resources
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Hall, L., Latty, C., Warren, J., Takekawa, J., and De La Cruz, S., 2024, Contrasting migratory chronology and routes of Lesser Scaup: implications of different migration strategies in a broadly distributed species: Journal of Field Ornithology, v. 95, no. 1, https://doi.org/10.5751/JFO-00402-950108.
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Purpose
We compared migratory chronology and routes of Lesser Scaup marked at the northern and southern extents of the breeding distribution to characterize differences in their migration strategies. Understanding the fitness implications of intraspecific variation in migration strategies of broadly distributed species can assist resource managers by focusing conservation efforts on specific breeding populations, informing models of disease transmission, and improving projections of species’ responses to changes in climate and land use.
