DUCK NEST SURVIVAL IN THE MISSOURI COTEAU OF NORTH DAKOTA: LANDSCAPE EFFECTS AT MULTIPLE SPATIAL SCALES

Nest survival is one of the most important parameters in the population dynamics of grassland-nesting ducks (Anas and Aythya spp.) that breed in the Prairie Pothole Region of North America. Grassland habitats used by these species are increasingly threatened by habitat loss and the coincident fragmentation, which may indirectly alter nest survival through effects on predators. Although predators are the dominant cause of nest loss, they are difficult to monitor directly. Thus, indirect analyses of habitat variables are required. Many studies have attempted to address the relationship between fragmentation and nest survival; however, few studies have examined the influence of fragmentation at multiple spatial scales. Understanding how landscape characteristics at multiple spatial scales explain variation in nest survival is important, because no single correct scale is likely to exist for a diversity of landscape metrics. We examined the relationships between habitat variables and duck nest survival (n ≈ 4...

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