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Mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos)

Citation:

Harvest distribution and survival of mallards banded in California

Author(s)
Rienecker, Warren C.
Year
Issue
1
Volume
76
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Survival/ Mortality 47 average survival rate of birds banded 1948-1982 % Male Juvenile Not Reported Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, n.e. CA Exposure Factor Datasets
Survival/ Mortality 46 average survival rate of birds banded 1948-1982 % Female Juvenile Not Reported Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, n.e. CA Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Repeatability of wing molt timing of mallards in relation to breeding

Author(s)
Leafloor, James O. and Bruce D.J. Batt
Pages
2620-2624
Year
Volume
68
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Lab
Time of Molt July 30-August 10 mean annual date of molt initiation (over 3 yr) Female Adult 131 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Distribution and survival of mallards banded at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge

Author(s)
Jarvis, Robert L., and Sean B. Furniss
Pages
292-301
Year
Issue
3
Volume
52
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Survival/ Mortality 0.628 estimated annual survival rate (1960-1971) Male Adult Not Reported Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets 0.035 (SE)
Survival/ Mortality 0.569 estimated annual survival rate (1960-1971) Female Juvenile Not Reported Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets 0.105 (SE)
Survival/ Mortality 0.586 estimated annual survival rate (1960-1971) Female Adult Not Reported Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets 0.081 (SE)
Citation:

Food availability and preference of juvenile mallards

Author(s)
Chura, Nicholas J.
Pages
121-134
Year
Volume
26
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific
Dietary Composition flora (50.6%), fauna (49.4%) Both Male and Female Juvenile 94 Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets 19-25 d
Dietary Composition flora (71%), fauna (29%) Both Male and Female Juvenile 94 Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets 26-35 d
Dietary Composition flora (89.4%), fauna (10.6%) Both Male and Female Juvenile 94 Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets 36-45 d
Dietary Composition flora (99.1%), fauna (0.92%) Both Male and Female Juvenile 94 Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets 46-55 d
Dietary Composition flora (99.9%), fauna (0.08%) Both Male and Female Juvenile 94 Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets 52-60 d
Citation:

Growth and energy consumption by captive mallards

Author(s)
Sugden, Lawson G., E.A. Driver and Michael C.S. Kingsley
Pages
1567-1570
Issue
8
Volume
59
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Food Ingestion Rate 376.2 food intake of 8 week old mallards g/wk Both Male and Female Juvenile 15 Exposure Factor Datasets 25.6 (SE) Laboratory
Metabolic Rate 191 metabolized energy in 8 week old mallards kcal/d Both Male and Female Juvenile 15 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Body Weight - Mean 936.1 mean body weight of 8 week old mallards g Both Male and Female Juvenile 15 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Population estimates of breeding birds in North Dakota

Author(s)
Stewart, Robert E., and Harold A. Kantrud
Pages
766-788
Year
Volume
89
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density 6.71 (40) mean density of breeding birds (maximum density in parentheses) pairs/square mile Both Male and Female Adult 130 sample units (160 acres/unit) Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Body composition of female mallards in winter in relation to annual cycle events

Author(s)
Heitmeyer, Mickey E.
Pages
669-680
Year
Volume
90
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error
Body Fat (total or %) 104 g (lipid) Female Both Adults and Juveniles 17 Mingo Basin Exposure Factor Datasets late prealternate molt 10 SE
Body Fat (total or %) 134 g (lipid) Female Both Adults and Juveniles 12 Mingo Basin Exposure Factor Datasets alternate plumate - early migrants, paired 7 SE
Body Fat (total or %) 111 g (lipid) Female Both Adults and Juveniles 9 Mingo Basin Exposure Factor Datasets alternate plumage - early migrants, unpaired 8 SE
Body Fat (total or %) 145 g (lipid) Female Both Adults and Juveniles 19 Mingo Basin Exposure Factor Datasets alternate plumage, paired 7 SE
Citation:

Foods consumed by breeding mallards on wetlands of south-central North Dakota

Author(s)
Swanson, George A., Mavis I. Meyer, and Vyto A. Adomaitis
Pages
197-203
Year
Issue
1
Volume
49
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition
Dietary Composition Total animal, 71.9: Gastropoda, 16.4; Insecta, 27.1; Crustacea, 12.9, Oligochaeta, 11.8.
Total plant, 28.1; seeds, 24.8; vegetation 3.3; roots and tubers, 2.8. 		Proportion by volume of plant and animal foods in the esophagi of mallards. % (by volume) Female Not Reported 37 drift praire and Missouri Coteau in south-central North Dakota Exposure Factor Datasets during breeding season, laying female
Citation:

Duck nesting in fields of undisturbed grass-legume cover

Author(s)
Duebbert, H.F. and J.T. Lokemoen
Pages
39-49
Year
Issue
1
Volume
40
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Population Density 76.6 nests/km2 Both Male and Female Adult Not Reported western edge of Edmunds Co., South Dakota Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Age-related aspects of mallard reproduction

Author(s)
Krapu, Gary L. and Harold A. Doty
Pages
35-39
Year
Volume
30
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Clutch or Litter Size 9.3 eggs Female Yearling 7 nests prairie pothole region in North Dakota Exposure Factor Datasets 1.7 SD
Clutch or Litter Size 10.3 eggs Female Adult 46 nests prairie pothole region of North Dakota Exposure Factor Datasets 1.1 SD
Time of Mating/ Laying April 4 - July (median = May) time of clutch initiation Female Adult 265 nests eastern - south central North Dakota, near Jamestown Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Feeding ecology of mallards wintering in Nebraska

Author(s)
Jorde, Dennis G., Gary L. Krapu and Richard D. Crawford
Pages
1044-1053
Year
Issue
4
Volume
47
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Foraging Distance 3.8 foraging distance in grazed corn stubble; for foraging distance over other types of terrain, see table 3, p. 1050 km Not Reported Not Reported 66 Platte River between Lexington and Gibbon, Nebraska Exposure Factor Datasets 0.4 SE
Dietary Composition corn (51.7%), milo (2.6%), other plant (16.5%), mollusca (snails, clams; 2.9%), insecta (0.3%) food item occurrence in esophageal contents, expressed as aggregate percent dry weight Not Reported Not Reported 68 birds along Platte River, between Lexington and Gibbon, Nebraska Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Impacts of changing irrigation practices on waterfowl habitat use in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California

Author(s)
Barnum, D.A. and N.H. Euliss, Jr.
Pages
10-21
Year
Issue
1
Volume
77
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition
Population Density 1.0 For explanation of classifications, see p. 11 (classifications are Kern NWR, hunting clubs, etc). birds/ha Not Reported Not Reported not reported Tulare Basin, Kern National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets wintering birds
Population Density 0.25 For explanation of classifications, see p. 11 (classifications are Kern NWR, hunting clubs, etc). birds/ha Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported hunting clubs Exposure Factor Datasets wintering birds
Population Density 0.5 For explanation of classifications, see p. 11 (classifications are Kern NWR, hunting clubs, etc). birds/ha Female Not Reported Not Reported preirrigated croplands Exposure Factor Datasets wintering birds
Population Density 0.07 For explanation of classifications, see p. 11 (classifications are Kern NWR, hunting clubs, etc). birds/ha Not Reported Not Reported Not Reported evaporation ponds Exposure Factor Datasets wintering birds
Citation:

The Central, Imperial, and Coachella Valleys of California

Author(s)
Heitmeyer, Mickey E., Daniel P. Connelly, and Roger L. Pederson
Pages
475-505
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties
Population Density 314,712 mean number of ducks counted in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service mid-winter inventories 1978-1987 Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Sacramento Valley Exposure Factor Datasets
Population Density 30,438 mean number of ducks counted in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service mid-winter inventories 1978-1987 Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported San Joaquin Valley Exposure Factor Datasets
Population Density 15,221 mean number of ducks counted in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service mid-winter inventories 1978-1987 Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported Suisun Marsh Exposure Factor Datasets Solano
Population Density 4,667 mean number of ducks counted in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service mid-winter inventories 1978-1987 Both Male and Female Both Adults and Juveniles Not Reported San Francisco Delta Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

The length of incubation in relation to nest initiation date and clutch size in dabbling ducks

Author(s)
Feldheim, Cliff L.
Pages
997-1001
Year
Volume
99
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Duration of Incubation or Gestation 24.5 mean incubation period d Female Adult 66 nests near Devil's Lake (48deg10'N, 98deg90'W) Exposure Factor Datasets 4.1 2SD
Citation:

Home range and habitat use of forest-dwelling mallards in Minnesota

Author(s)
Kirby, Ronald E., John H. Riechmann and Lewis M. Cowardin
Pages
215-219
Year
Issue
2
Volume
97
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range 540 ha Female Adult 8 Bemidji, Beltrami Co. Exposure Factor Datasets
Home Range 620 ha Male Adult 5 Bemidji, Beltrami Co. Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Homing and reproductive habits of mallards, gadwalls, and blue-winged teal

Author(s)
Lokemoen, John T., Harold F. Duebbert and David E. Sharp
Pages
1-28
Year
Volume
106
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific
Time of Nesting April 26 - June 6 Not Reported prairie pothole region of North Dakota Exposure Factor Datasets
Time of Migration or Dispersal May 5 - May 14 Female Not Reported prairie pothold region of North Dakota Exposure Factor Datasets second year females
Time of Migration or Dispersal April 20 - May 14 Female Adult Not Reported prairie pothole region of North Dakota Exposure Factor Datasets three years and older
Citation:

Heart and body growth in ducks

Author(s)
Gille, U. and F.V. Salomon
Pages
75-81
Year
Volume
58
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Age-Specific Lab
Growth Rate 1.81%/d maximum growth rate relative to asymptotic weight Male Juvenile 48 Exposure Factor Datasets 0-154 d Laboratory
Citation:

Fall and spring body weights and condition indices of ducks in Illinois

Author(s)
Hine, Christoper S., Stephen P. Havera, Richard M. Whitton, Jerome R. Serie
Pages
197-213
Year
Volume
89
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Condition Error
Body Weight - Mean 1,240 g Female Adult 220 Illinois and Mississippi river valleys Exposure Factor Datasets hunter-harvested 8 SE
Body Weight - Mean 1,163 g Male Juvenile 61 Illinois and Mississippi river valleys Exposure Factor Datasets hunter harvested 12 SE
Body Weight - Mean 1,078 g Female Adult 105 Illinois and Mississippi river valleys Exposure Factor Datasets hunter-harvested 11 SE
Citation:

Mallard recruitment in northeastern California

Author(s)
Mauser, David M. and Robert L. Jarvis
Pages
565-570
Year
Issue
3
Volume
58
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error
Survival/ Mortality 59 Survival rates, not mortality. % Female Adult Not Reported Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, CA Exposure Factor Datasets 3.4 SE
Survival/ Mortality 52 Survival rates, not mortality. % Female Juvenile Not Reported Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge Exposure Factor Datasets 7.8 SE
Citation:

Stomach contents of diving and dabbling ducks during fall migration in the St. Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada

Author(s)
Guillemette, Magella, Francois Bolduc and Jean-Luc DesGrandes
Pages
167-175
Year
Volume
45
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Dietary Composition gastropoda (0.001), crustacea (0.007), insecta (0.003), and plant (0.980) mean relative proportions (wet mass) of stomach contents Both Male and Female Not Reported 22 St. Lawrence River Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
Citation:

Laying dates, clutch size and egg weight of captive mallards

Author(s)
Batt, Bruce D.J., and Harold H. Prince
Pages
35-41
Year
Volume
81
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Error Lab
Clutch or Litter Size 10.4 mean clutch size from first nesting attempt eggs Female Adult 151 Exposure Factor Datasets 0.2 (SE) Laboratory
Time of Nesting April-June date of nest initiation Female Adult 151 Exposure Factor Datasets Laboratory
Citation:

Production of mallards on irrigated land in the Sacramento Valley

Author(s)
Earl, John P.
Pages
23
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type California Counties Condition
Territory Size 70 mean length of drainage ditch (5 ft wide) defended yd Male Adult 8 ducks Conaway Ranch Exposure Factor Datasets Yolo breeding
Time of Hatching or Parturition May 16-29 peak hatching period Both Male and Female Hatchling Not Reported Conaway Ranch Exposure Factor Datasets Yolo breeding
Citation:

Use of prairie pothole habitat by breeding mallards

Author(s)
Dwyer, T.J., G.L. Krapu and D.M. Janke
Pages
526-531
Year
Issue
2
Volume
43
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Units Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type
Home Range 467.8 ha Female Adult 6 Missouri Couteau, south-central North Dakota Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Waterfowl use of forested wetlands of the southern United States: An overview

Author(s)
Fredrickson, Leigh H. and Mickey E. Heitmeyer
Pages
307-323
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Year
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Location Type
Dietary Composition Review Mingo Basin, Missouri Exposure Factor Datasets
Citation:

Mallard mortality rates on key breeding and wintering areas

Author(s)
Blohm, R.J., R.E. Reynolds, J.P. Bladen, J.D. Nichols, J.E. Hines, K.H. Pollock, and R.T. Eberhardt
Pages
264-284
Year
Volume
52
Exposure Endpoint Type Endpoint Value Endpoint Description Sex Life Cycle Stage Sample Size Location Type Countries
Survival/ Mortality 0.998 spring-summer survival (proportion) Male Adult 18,650 Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba Exposure Factor Datasets CANADA
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