North American Brant: effects of changes in habitat and climate on population dynamics

• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: brant; Branta bernicla hrota; Branta bernicla nigricans; breeding; climate change; migration; molting; North America; winter; Arctic; Brant; Pacific; Branta bernicla; Climate change
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.465.5488; http://www.humboldt.edu/wildlife/faculty/black/pdf/Ward et al. 2005 GlobChBio.pdf

We describe the importance of key habitats used by four nesting populations of nearctic brant (Branta bernicla) and discuss the potential relationship between changes in these habitats and population dynamics of brant. Nearctic brant, in contrast to most geese, rely on marine habitats and native int...