EFFECTS OF WEATHER ON REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF BIRDS AT CHURCHILL, MANITOBA
ABSTRACT. A study has been made of the effects on nesting birds of a severe wind and rain storm in the region of Churchill, Manitoba, in early July 1965, and the possible role of weather in determining the composition of the arctic avifauna is discussed. Btudient les effets d’un vent violent et d’un...
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| Summary: | ABSTRACT. A study has been made of the effects on nesting birds of a severe wind and rain storm in the region of Churchill, Manitoba, in early July 1965, and the possible role of weather in determining the composition of the arctic avifauna is discussed. Btudient les effets d’un vent violent et d’une forte pluie d’orage du debut juillet 1965 sur les RESUME. Effets du temps sur la reproduction des oiseaux ci Churchill, Manitoba. Les auteurs nichBes d’oiseaux de la region de Churchill, Manitoba, et le rble, peubktre dkterminant, du temps dans la composition de I’avifaune arctique. REZmME. Vlia2nie pugody nu vosproizvoditel’nost ’ pti 6 v rabne Cherchilla, Manitoba. VliGnie sil’nogo vetra, livneI i bur ’ na gnezduKishchikh pti & v nachale i6illa 1965 g., v okrest-nostskh CherchillGi, Manitoba, bylo issledovano, i poten6iial’nala rol ’ pogody v opredelenii sostava arkticheskof avifauny byla izuchena. F ROM late May to late July, 1965, we conducted ornithological field studies in the region immediately south and east of Churchill, Manitoba. Most of our studies were made in the coastal tundra bordering Hudson Bay and at the tree line, approximately 5 miles to the south. In this paper we describe the effects on nesting birds of the severe weather conditions that occurred in early July, and |
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