Phenology of hatching and food in low Arctic passerines and shorebirds: is there a mismatch?

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Leung, Maria C.-Y., Bolduc, Elise, Doyle, Frank I., Reid, Donald G., Gilbert, B. Scott, Kenney, Alice J., Krebs, Charles J., Bêty, Joël
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Herschel Island; Yukon; Herschel; Tundra
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/as-2017-0054; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/as-2017-0054; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/as-2017-0054

The warming climate is driving earlier spring snow melt and longer growing seasons in tundra regions of northwestern North America, thereby changing the timing of ecological processes. On Herschel Island, Yukon, Canada, we investigated changes in the migratory bird community, and the potential for p...