Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1984
Keywords
Anas; Ducklings--Effect of insecticides on
Abstract
The effect of insecticides on the survival of dabbling duck broods was investigated by reviewing studies of natural brood survival and depression of growth rates for ducklings raised on wetlands treated with insecticides. Ducklings raised on an insecticide-treated wetland took 5 days longer to reach the normal 14-day body weight. Normal brood mortality for three species of dabbling ducks was highest in the first two weeks of life and ranged from 25% to 51%. High mortality of young ducklings is probably related to their small size. Thus, mortality rates could be in creased to 35% to 70% because of the delay in growth. Other potential effects of invertebrate reductions on breeding dabbling ducks are discussed and suggestions for future research are provided.
First Page
41
Last Page
45
Recommended Citation
Brown, P. W.,
&
Hunter, M. L.
(1984).
Potential Effects of Insecticides on the Survival of Dabbling Duck Broods.
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science, Vol. 50 No.3, 41-45.
Retrieved from https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/jmas/vol50/iss3/15
Primo Type
Article