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Effects of climate change on European ducks: what do we know and what do we need to know?

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Author

  • Matthieu Guillemain
  • Hannu Poysa
  • Anthony D. Fox
  • Celine Arzel
  • Lisa Dessborn
  • Johan Ekroos
  • Gunnar Gunnarsson
  • Thomas Eske Holm
  • Thomas Kjaer Christensen
  • Aleksi Lehikoinen
  • Carl Mitchell
  • Jukka Rintala
  • Anders Pape Moller
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Summary, in English

The consequences of climate change for bird populations have received much attention in recent decades, especially amongst cavity-nesting songbirds, yet little has been written on ducks (Anatidae) despite these being major elements of wetland diversity and important quarry species. This paper reviews the major known consequences of climate change for birds in general, and relates these to the limited information available specifically for ducks. Climate change can influence migration distance and phenology, potentially affecting patterns of mortality, as well as distribution and reproductive success in ducks. Studies addressing effects of climate change are, however, restricted to very few duck species, including mallard Anas platyrhynchos and common eider Somateria mollissima. Shifts in winter duck distributions have been observed, whereas the mismatch hypothesis (mistiming between the periods of peak energy requirements for young and the peak of seasonal food availability) has received limited sup-port with regard to ducks. We propose a range of monitoring initiatives, including population surveys, breeding success monitoring schemes and individual duck marking, which should later be integrated through population modelling and adaptive management to fill these gaps.

Publishing year

2013

Language

English

Pages

404-419

Publication/Series

Wildlife Biology

Volume

19

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article review

Publisher

Nordic Council of Wildlife Research

Topic

  • Earth and Related Environmental Sciences

Keywords

  • climate change
  • demography
  • ducks
  • fitness
  • geographic distribution
  • phenology
  • survival

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0909-6396