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Game Bird Research Programmes

Latest published research

Can small-scale predator control influence mallard duck (Anas platyrhynchos) nest survival? An experiment with artificial nests in Southland, New Zealand - Cohen Stewart, Matthew McDougall 2022
Waterfowl hunting wetlands as habitat for two New Zealand eel species - Cohen Stewart, Erin Garrick, Matthew McDougall and Zane Moss 2021
Do mallard ducks feature in the diet of stoats in an agricultural landscape? - Cohen Stewart, Erin Garrick & Jamie McAulay (2019)
Can management regime, vegetative and morphological characteristics of drains in the Bay of Plenty explain the presence of mallards and their broods. - McDougall, Nieuwboer, Garrick.
Preliminary analysis of the distribution of Mallard and grey duck band recoveries in the eastern and Hawkes Bay region. - McDougall, Garrick 2018
Breeding Ecology and Productivity of Mallards and Mallard-grey Duck Hybrids in New Zealand - Doctoral Thesis (Sheppard 2018)
Effects of Surgically Implanted Transmitters on Reproduction and Survival in Mallards – Sheppard, Arnold, Amundson Klee (2017)
Duckling Survival of Mallards in Southland, New Zealand published in The Journal of Wildlife Management - Erin Garrick Southland Fish & Game Officer (2017)
Harvest Dynamics and Mallard Duck Survival - McDougall and Amundson (2017)
A trend count of NZ Shoveler Duck - Matthew McDougall Senior Fish & Game Officer (2017)

Current research

Mallard Duck Research Programme

Including:

Mallard Research Update – Sheppard (2017)
Insights into Duckling Survival & Female Mallard Brooding Behaviour - Garrick (2015)

Previous research

Game bird

Mallard survival regulations effect - McDougall (2013)
A trend count of NZ Shoveler Duck - McDougall (2012)
Survival of post-fledging mallards - Klee and McDougall (2012)
Mallard and grey duck pond preferences - McDougall et al (2011)
An introduction most determined: Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) to New Zealand - Dyer et al (2010)

Steel/lead shot research

* Not Fish & Game research