Year Funded: 2006 (year endorsed)
Lead Institution(s): USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Project Lead: Daniel McAuley
Collaborator(s): R. Bradford Allen (UDIFW), Patrick Corr (USGS PWRC), Andy Weik (MDIFW), Brian Benedict (PM NWR), Linda Welch (PM NWR)
Focal Species: Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Project Description: This is a joint effort between USGS, Maine DIFW, and USFWS to conduct a long-term banding effort (5-10 years) to determine survival, recruitment, and recovery rates of common eiders in the Atlantic coast population, especially Maine. We will use traditional band analysis methodologies as well as mark -recapture methods. In addition, we will compare recruitment to the population between islands where populations of nesting gulls are controlled and islands with nesting gulls.
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Related Publications
Allen, R. B., D. G. McAuley, and G. S. Zimmerman. 2019. Adult Survival of Common Eiders in Maine. Northeastern Naturalist 26:656–671. https://doi.org/10.1656/045.026.0320
Giroux, J. F., M. Patenaude-Monette, S. G. Gilliland, G. R. Milton, G. J. Parsons, M. L. Gloutney, K. R. Mehl, R. B. Allen, D. G. Mcauley, E. T. Reed, and N. R. McLellan. 2021. Estimating Population Growth and Recruitment Rates Across the Range of American Common Eiders. The Journal of Wildlife Management 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22122
