Research at the Dixon Field Station

Examples of ongoing research include: waterfowl distribution, movements, and habitat use relative to recent habitat changes in the Central Valley of California; satellite tracking of northern pintails to document spring migration routes, staging areas, nesting regions, and post-nesting dispersal; assessment of the impacts of water management on molting mallards in the Klamath Basin; development of reliable population indices for band-tailed pigeons; giant garter snake habitat conservation planning; evaluation of the effects of mercury in vertebrates and their invertebrate food items in watersheds that have gold and mercury mines; and development of a species conservation plan for sage grouse in Mono County.

PROJECTS

• Ecology of California Clapper Rails in the San Francisco Bay Region



• Evaluation of Satellite Telemetry Techniques for Migration and Distribution of Band-Tailed Pigeons



• Ecology of Sage Grouse in Mono County, California



• Perennial Pepperweed: A Growing Threat to Wildlife Refuges



• Discovery for Recovery: An international pintail recovery initiative



• Giant Garter Snake



• White-fronted Goose



• Restoration of the Cullinan Ranch to Tidal Salt Marsh



• Morning Dove Habitat Change



• Waterbird Use of Harvested Rice Fields in the Sacramento Valley



• Restoration of the Knapp Unit of the San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge



• Population Viability of the San Pablo Song Sparrow in the North San Francisco Bay



• Habitat use and movements of Northern Pintails wintering in the Suisun Marsh, California

LIST OF PRODUCTS

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