Human Disturbances to Waterfowl

Annotated Bibliography

53. Duebbert, H. F., and J. T. Lokemoen. 1980. High duck nesting success in a predator-reduced environment. Journal of Wildlife Management 44:428-437.

Abandonment rates were low: 21 of 1,062 nests (2%) were abandoned during all years. Nearly all abandonments were the result of interference by the researcher when nests contained one to five eggs. Another 31 nests had other fates. Four were destroyed by search vehicles.

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