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Northeastern Bristol Bay, Alaska, which includes three large estuaries, is used by multiple sea duck species during the annual
cycle. Limited aerial surveys indicate that this area supports tens of thousands of king eiders and black scoters during spring
migration and the autumn molt. Existing satellite telemetry data were used to assess the temporal patterns of habitat use
and spatial distribution of king eiders and black scoters in northeastern Bristol Bay throughout the annual cycle. King eiders
used northeastern Bristol Bay during all months of the annual cycle and black scoters used the area during spring through
fall. Both species exhibited a similar seasonal pattern of use that corresponded with the timing of life-cycle stages. Abundance
of both species was highest during spring migration and the autumn molting period and lowest during summer. Use by king eiders
did not occur during all winter months in every year of the study. King eiders were more broadly distributed than black scoters
and were located farther from shore in deeper water. Core use areas had minimal overlap, suggesting a degree of spatial segregation
between species and a preference for different habitats in northeastern Bristol Bay. Further study of potential variation
in invertebrate community structure that may correlate with the observed interspecific spatial segregation in habitat use
is needed to determine preferred forage and describe habitat requirements for each species. Such information is necessary
to assess the potential impact that future anthropogenic or environmental changes may have on habitat quality of northeastern
Bristol Bay and demography of Pacific sea duck populations that use this area. 相似文献
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Sedinger JS Ward DH Schamber JL Butler WI Eldridge WD Conant B Voelzer JE Chelgren ND Herzog MP 《Ecology》2006,87(1):151-159
Climate in low-latitude wintering areas may influence temperate and high-latitude breeding populations of birds, but demonstrations of such relationships have been rare because of difficulties in linking wintering with breeding populations. We used long-term aerial surveys in Mexican wintering areas and breeding areas in Alaska, USA, to assess numbers of Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans; hereafter brant) on their principal wintering and breeding area in El Ni?o and non-El Ni?o years. We used Pollock's robust design to directly estimate probability of breeding and apparent annual survival of individually marked brant at the Tutakoke River (TR) colony, Alaska, in each year between 1988 and 2001. Fewer brant wintered in Mexico during every El Ni?o event since 1965. Fewer brant were observed on the principal breeding area following each El Ni?o since surveys began in 1985. Probability of breeding was negatively related to January sea surface temperature along the subtropical coast of North America during the preceding winter. Between 23% (five-year-olds or older) and 30% (three-year-olds) fewer brant nested in 1998 following the strong El Ni?o event in the winter of 1997-1998 than in non-El Ni?o years. This finding is consistent with life history theory, which predicts that longer-lived species preserve adult survival at the expense of reproduction. Oceanographic conditions off Baja California, apparently by their effect on Zostera marina (eelgrass), strongly influence winter distribution of brant geese and their reproduction (but not survival), which in turn affects ecosystem dynamics in Alaska. 相似文献
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