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

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.

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Author(s) Aaron T Pearse orcid, Michael Szymanski, Cynthia E Anchor, Rocco Murano, Joshua D Stafford orcid
Publication Date 2023-09-11
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Ending Date of Data 2020
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GSUQUU
Citation Pearse, A.T., Szymanski, M., Anchor, C.E., Murano, R., and Stafford, J.D., 2023, Mallard migration and regional movement timing, distance, and direction data, 2018–2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9GSUQUU.
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