ARCTIC

ABSTRACT. We found a small, previously undiscovered breeding colony of Ross’s gulls (Rhodostethia rosea) in Nunavut, Canada, approximately 80 km from a previous colony location occupied during the 1970s. The birds nested in association with arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea). The collective observatio...

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Main Authors: Mark L. Mallory, H. Grant Gilchrist, Carolyn L. Mallory
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2005
Subjects:
Cooke
1980
and Prince Charles Island
Nunavut (Béchet
Arctic
Canada
Découverte
Nunavut
Prince Charles Island
Arctique*
Prince Charles island
Sterna paradisaea
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.533.7581
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic59-3-319.pdf
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Summary:ABSTRACT. We found a small, previously undiscovered breeding colony of Ross’s gulls (Rhodostethia rosea) in Nunavut, Canada, approximately 80 km from a previous colony location occupied during the 1970s. The birds nested in association with arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea). The collective observations from this region of the High Arctic suggest that Ross’s gulls may move colonies each year, or that colony occupation is intermittent. Key words: Ross’s gull, Rhodostethia rosea, Arctic, Canada RÉSUMÉ. Nous avons repéré une petite colonie de reproduction de mouettes rosées (Rhodostethia rosea) non découverte jusqu’à ce moment-là au Nunavut, au Canada, à environ 80 kilomètres de l’emplacement d’une autre colonie occupée dans les années 1970. Les oiseaux nichaient avec des sternes arctiques (Sterna paradisaea). Les observations collectives de cette région de l’Extrême-Arctique laissent supposer que les mouettes rosées peuvent changer de colonie chaque année ou que l’occupation des colonies est intermittente.

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