Ecology of breeding Long-tailed Ducks on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
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Project Number: 7
Year Funded: 2004
Lead Institution(s): USGS Alaska Science Center
Project Lead: Paul Flint
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Location: Alaska
Focal Species: Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Project Description: Population indices of Long-tailed Ducks in sub-arctic Alaska show a continuous, and statistically significant, population decline since 1976, resulting in current population size estimates that are about 25% of the mid-1970’s estimates. Thus, Region 7 of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) has identified Long-tailed Ducks as a ‘species at risk’.
Project Reports: https://seaduckjv.org/pdf/studies/pr7.pdf
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