Migration chronology of Eastern-Population Tundra Swans

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Petrie, S A, Wilcox, K L
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2003
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Hudson Bay; Mackenzie River; Hudson; Long Point; Cygnus columbianus; Mackenzie river; Tundra; Tundra Swan
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z03-063; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z03-063

We used satellite platform transmitting transmitters (PTTs) in 1998–2000 to track spring and fall migratory movements of Tundra Swans (Cygnus columbianus columbianus) captured at Long Point, Ontario. Migration corridors reported here corroborated those identified in previous studies using alphanumer...