Ecology

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The EcoChart is a pie chart showing the relative likelihood of observing particular other species commonly observed near Melanitta fusca. Likelhood considers both the frequency with which Melanitta fusca is observed at all locations where it has been reported, and the number of observations of all other species at each of those locations. A species that is common where Melanitta fusca is common will have a higher score than if only one of these species is common at that location.
The Top Species lists enumerate those species most commonly observed near Melanitta fusca.
While the chart, lists, and wheel are empirically based on observations, observations favor some phyla over others. Typically Bacteria, Fungi, Protozoa, and Arthropods are more common in the field than in our records.
In the section Characteristics of Habitat, we make some habitat inferences based on the known habitat preferences of those species most commonly associated with Melanitta fusca.

Species Most Often Observed near Melanitta fusca

EcoChart

Top Species

These species are those which most commonly occur in our observation database near Melanitta fusca. Observations favor some phyla over others. Typically Bacteria, Fungi, Protozoa, and Arthropods are more common in the field than in our records.

Top Birds

Top Mammals

Top Amphibians

Top Fish

Top Arthropods

Top Plants

Top Other

Characteristics of Habitat

Range and Population:

This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 10,000,000 km². It has a large global population estimated to be 2,600,000-3,000,000 individuals (Wetlands International 2002). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.[1]
Countries:Native:
Armenia; Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; China; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Hungary; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Latvia; Lithuania; Mexico; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; Saint Pierre and Miquelon; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; United Kingdom; United States; Uzbekistan

Vagrant:
Afghanistan; Algeria; Bermuda; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Egypt; Faroe Islands; Greece; Greenland; Hong Kong; Iceland; Israel; Kuwait; Lebanon; Luxembourg; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Mongolia; Montenegro; Morocco; Pakistan; Serbia; Svalbard and Jan Mayen; Tajikistan

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In sections below, we make some habitat inferences based on the known habitat preferences of those species most commonly associated with Melanitta fusca.

Zone:

alpine, montane, subalpine, subtropics, temperate, tropics.

Vegetation:

alpine meadows, boreal forest, coniferous forests, cultivated areas, deciduous woods and forests, desert, disturbed sites, fields, forest edges, forests, gardens, grasslands, hardwood forests, mature forests, meadows, moist woods, montane forests, open forests, pasture, pine forests, rain forest, shrubby vegetation, steppes, subalpine meadows, thickets, tropical forest, tundra grassland.

Terrain:

mountain slopes, pastureland, roadsides, rock outcrops, streamsides, urban areas, valleys.

Soil and Rock:

clay, loam, sandy areas, sandy soil, stony areas, thin soil.

Water in Area:

along rivers, bays, bogs, brackish water, ditches, dry areas, estuaries, fens, lagoon, lakes, marshes, pelagic, ponds, river banks, rivers, saltwater, shores, stream banks, streams, swamps, swampy areas, wet woods.

Slopes in Area:

rocky slopes.