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

• Summary report on incidence of ingested lead shot from six regions
• Lead-poisoned wildfowl in Spain: a significant threat for human consumers*
• Wild meat raises lead exposure*
• Ingested lead shot and elevated blood lead levels in mallard and grey

* Not Fish & Game research