Ecological Notes on Animals of the ChurAill Region of Hudson Bay
ABSTRACT. The distribution and ecology of 26 mammals, 6 birds, and 1 amphib-ian are described. Northern range extensions are recorded for the pygmy shrew, arctic shrew, muskrat, heather vole, northern bog lemming and wood frog. A southern range extension of the arctic ground squirrel is noted follow...
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| Summary: | ABSTRACT. The distribution and ecology of 26 mammals, 6 birds, and 1 amphib-ian are described. Northern range extensions are recorded for the pygmy shrew, arctic shrew, muskrat, heather vole, northern bog lemming and wood frog. A southern range extension of the arctic ground squirrel is noted following its being observed for the first time in Manitoba. Observation of a great blue heron at Churchill, far from its usual range in southern Manitoba, is also recorded. The number of species of small mammals on two-hectare quadrats in marsh, prairie, shrub, and savanna along the grassland-coniferous forest transition in southern Mani-toba was 1.8 to 3.0 times greater than in beach-meadow, tundra, shrub, and open-forest quadrats along the coniferous forest-tundra transition of northern Manitoba, while the total population was 1.8 to 3.4 times greater. RhUMfi. Notes écologiques sur les animaux de la région de Churchill sur la mer d'Hudson. L'auteur décrit la distribution et l'écologie de 26 mammifères, 6 oiseaux et 1 amphibien. I1 enregistre une extension d'aire vers le nord pour la musaraigne pygmée, la musaraigne arctique, le rat musqué, le campagnol roux, le lemming |
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