L (2004) Trophic interactions in a High Arctic Snow Goose Colony. Integr Comp Biol 44:119–129 Gauthier G, Giroux J-F, Reed A, Béchet A, Bélanger L (2005) Interactions between land use, habitat use, and population increase in greater snow geese: what are

• Main Authors: Gilles Gauthier, Line Rochefort
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Arctic; Bylot Island; Gauthier; Nunavut; Alopex lagopus; Tundra
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.539.3657; http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/content/44/2/119.full.pdf

SYNOPSIS. We examined the role of trophic interactions in structuring a high arctic tundra community characterized by a large breeding colony of greater snow geese (Chen caerulescens atlantica). According to the exploitation ecosystem hypothesis of Oksanen et al. (1981), food chains are controlled b...