Nesting habitat of Chubut Steamer Ducks in Patagonia, Argentina

References

• Agüero, M. L. (2006). Requerimientos y selección de hábitat reproductivo del Pato Vapor Cabeza Blanca Tachyeres leucocephalus en las costas del Chubut, Patagonia Argentina. Licenciatura Thesis, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia ‘San Juan Bosco’, Puerto Madryn, Argentina.
   Google Scholar
• Baldassarre, G. A., and Bolen, E. G. (2006). ‘Waterfowl Ecology and Management’. (Krieger Publishing Company: Malabar, Florida.)
   Google Scholar
• BirdLife International (2010). Species factsheet: Tachyeres leucocephalus. Available at http://www.birdlife.org [Verified 14 September 2010]
   Google Scholar
• Block, W. M., and Brennan, L. A. (1993). The habitat concept in ornithology. Theory and applications. In ‘Current Ornithology. Vol. 11’. (Ed. D. M. Power.) pp. 35–91. (Plenum Press: New York.)
   Google Scholar
• Bosch, M., and Sol, D. (1998). Habitat selection and breeding success in Yellow-legged Gulls Larus cachinnans. Ibis 140, 415–421. doi: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1998.tb04602.x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Burnham, K. P., and Anderson, D. R. (2002). ‘Model Selection and Multimodel Inference: A Practical Information Theoretic Approach.’ (Springer-Verlag: New York.)
   Google Scholar
• Caille, G. (1996). La pesca artesanal en las costas de Patagonia: una visión global. Informes Técnicos del Plan de Manejo Integrado de la Zona Costera Patagónica, Fundación Patagonia Natural, N° 7, Puerto Madryn.
   Google Scholar
• Camacho, H. H. (1979). Descripción geológica de la hoja 47h-48g, Bahía Camarones, Provincia del Chubut. Boletín No. 153, Servicio Geológico Nacional, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
   Google Scholar
• Carboneras, C. (1992). Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans). In ‘Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1: Ostrich to Ducks’. (Eds J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott and J. Sartagal.) pp. 536–628. (Lynx Edicions: Barcelona.)
   Google Scholar
• Casas, G., Scrosati, R., and Piriz, M. L. (2004). The invasive kelp Undaria pinnatifida (Phaeophyceae, Laminariales) reduces native seaweed diversity in Nuevo Gulf (Patagonia, Argentina). Biological Invasions 6, 411–416. doi:10.1023/B:BINV.0000041555.29305.41
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Clark, R. G., and Nudds, T. D. (1991). Habitat patch size and duck nesting success: the crucial experiments have not been performed. Wildlife Society Bulletin 19, 534–543.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fleskes, J. P., Jarvis, R. L., and Gilmer, D. S. (2003). Selection of flooded agricultural fields and other landscapes by female northern pintails wintering in the Tulare Basin, California. Wildlife Society Bulletin 31(3), 793–803.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• García Borboroglu, J. P., and Yorio, P. (2007). Breeding habitat requirements and selection by the threatened Olrog’ s Gull Larus atlanticus. Auk 124(4), 1201–1212. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[1201:BHRASB]2.0.CO;2
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• García Borboroglu, J. P., Yorio, P., Boersma, P. D., Del Valle, H., and Bertellotti, M. (2002). Habitat use and breeding distribution of Magellanic Penguins in northern San Jorge Gulf, Patagonia, Argentina. Auk 119(1), 233–239. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2002)119[0233:HUABDO]2.0.CO;2
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gloutney, M. L., and Clark, R. G. (1997). Nest-site selection by Mallards and Blue-Winged Teal in relation to microclimate. Auk 114(3), 381–395.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hidalgo, F., Barón, P. J., and Orensanz, J. M. (2005). A prediction come true: the green crab invades the Patagonian coast. Biological Invasions 7, 547–552. doi:10.1007/s10530-004-5452-3
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Humphrey, P. S., and Livezey, B. C. (1985). Nest, eggs, and downy young of the White-headed Flightless Steamer-duck. Ornithological Monographs 36.
   Google Scholar
• IUCN (2010). ‘IUCN Red List of Threatened Species’, v. 2010.3. (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.) Available at http://www.iucnredlist.org [Verified 20 September 2010]
   Google Scholar
• Johnsgard, P. A. (1978). ‘Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World.’ (University of Nebraska: Lincoln, Nebraska.)
   Google Scholar
• Lack, D. (1968). ‘Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds.’ (Metheun: London.)
   Google Scholar
• Laurila, T. (1989). Nest site selection in the Common Eider Somateria moltissima: differences between archipielago zones. Ornis Fennica 66, 100–111.
   Google Scholar
• Lester, V. G. (2004). Nest site selection patterns of dabbling ducks in response to variation in predation pressure: an experimental study. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.
   Google Scholar
• Madge, S., and Burn, H. (1988). ‘Wildfowl: An Identification Guide to the Ducks, Geese and Swans of the World.’ (Houghton Mifflin Company: Boston, New York.)
   Google Scholar
• Martin, T. E., and Roper, J. J. (1988). Nest predation and nest-site selection of a western population of the Hermit Thrush. Condor 90(1), 51–57. doi:10.2307/1368432
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Piriz, M.L., and Casas, G. (1996). Macroalgas de interés comercial en las costas del sur de Chubut y norte de Santa Cruz. Informes Técnicos del Plan de Manejo Integrado de la Zona Costera Patagónica, Fundación Patagonia Natural, No. 26, Puerto Madryn.
   Google Scholar
• Ricklefs, R. E., and Hainsworth, F. R. (1969). Temperature regulation in nestling Cactus Wrens: the nest environment. Condor 71, 32–37. doi: 10.2307/1366045
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schwindt, E. (2007). The invasion of the acorn barnacle Balanus glandula in the south-western Atlantic40 years later. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87, 1219–1225. doi:10.1017/S0025315407056895
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Soriano, A. (1956). Los distritos florísticos de la Provincia Patagónica. Revista de Investigaciones Agropecuarias 10(4), 323–347.
   Google Scholar
• Stokes, D. L., and Boersma, P. D. (1991). Effects of substrate on the distribution of Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) burrows. Auk 108, 922–933.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tagliorette, A., and Losano, P. (1996). Demanda turística en áreas costeras protegidas de la Patagonia. Informes Técnicos del Plan de Manejo Integrado de la Zona Costera Patagónica, Fundación Patagonia Natural, No. 25, Puerto Madryn.
   Google Scholar
• Walsberg, G. E. (1981). Nest-site selection and the radiative environment of the Warbling Vireo. Condor 83, 86–88. doi:10.2307/1367612
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Walsberg, G. E. (1985). Physiological consequences of microhabitat selection. In ‘Habitat Selection in Birds. Vol. 13’. (Ed. M. L. Cody.) Ch. 13, pp. 389–413. (Academic Press: New York.)
   Google Scholar
• Weller, M. W. (1975). Ecological studies of the Auckland Islands Flightless Teal. Auk 92, 280–297.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Weller, M. W. (1976). Ecology and behaviour of steamer ducks. Wildfowl 27, 45–53.
   Google Scholar
• Wiens, J. A. (1986) Spatial scale and temporal variation in studies of shrubsteppe birds. In ‘Community Ecology’. (Eds. J. Diamond and T. J. Case.) pp. 154–172. (Harper and Row: New York.)
   Google Scholar