Data from: Post-fledging movements of juvenile common mergansers (Mergus merganser) in Alaska as inferred by satellite telemetry

Petersen MR, Douglas D. 2016. Data from: Post-fledging movements of juvenile common mergansers (Mergus merganser) in Alaska as inferred by satellite telemetry. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.3gc013f3

Abstract

We implanted satellite transmitters into eight juvenile Common Mergansers to investigate post-fledging movements from their natal river in southcentral Alaska. Subsequently, they moved widely throughout portions of western and southcentral Alaska up to 750 km from their natal areas during fall and winter months. Transmitters of two birds (one male and one female) continued to send location data into their second year and allowed us to determine the location and timing of the flightless molt period for each bird. Overall, our data suggest that juvenile Common Mergansers range widely immediately after fledging, that second year males and females may differ in their movement patterns, and that these movements have implications for population genetic structure of this species.

Keywords

Mergus merganser,Argos,animal movement,animal tracking,avian migration,common merganser,juvenile dispersal,Mergus merganser,molt migration,population structure,satellite telemetry,sea duck

Taxa

Taxon

Mergus merganser

Common Merganser, Goosander

Sensors

Sensor

Argos Doppler Shift

DOIs of related Publications

https://doi.org/10.1675/063.032.0116

URI

https://datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.628

BibTex

@misc{001/1_3gc013f3,
  title = {Data from: Post-fledging movements of juvenile common mergansers (Mergus merganser) in Alaska as inferred by satellite telemetry},
  author = {Petersen, MR and Douglas, D},
  year = {2016},
  URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.3gc013f3},
  doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.3gc013f3},
  publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}

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AU  - Douglas, David
Y1  - 2016/12/19
KW  - Mergus merganser
KW  - Alaska
KW  - Argos
KW  - animal movement
KW  - animal tracking
KW  - avian migration
KW  - common merganser
KW  - juvenile dispersal
KW  - Mergus merganser
KW  - molt migration
KW  - population structure
KW  - satellite telemetry
KW  - sea duck
KW  - Mergus merganser
PB  - Movebank data repository
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.3gc013f3
DO  - doi:10.5441/001/1.3gc013f3
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