Declining survival of black brant from subarctic and arctic breeding areas

• Published in: The Journal of Wildlife Management
• Main Authors: Leach, Alan G., Ward, David H., Sedinger, James S., Lindberg, Mark S., Boyd, W. Sean, Hupp, Jerry W., Ritchie, Robert J.
• Other Authors: National Science Foundation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Environment and Climate Change Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Branta bernicla; Kuskokwim; Subarctic; Alaska; Yukon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.21284; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjwmg.21284; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jwmg.21284; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/jwmg.21284; https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/jwmg.21284

ABSTRACT Since the mid 1990s, the number of black brant ( Branta bernicla nigricans brant) nests on the Yukon‐Kuskokwim Delta (YKD), Alaska, USA, the historically predominant breeding area of brant, has declined steadily. This has caused researchers and managers to question if arctic breeding popula...