Population Trends of Gulls and Arctic Terns Nesting in the Belcher Islands, Nunavut
ABSTRACT. Little information exists on the population trends of gulls and terns nesting in the Arctic. In 1997, we surveyed the number of glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus), herring gull (Larus argentatus), and arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) nests on the Belcher Islands (56˚00 ' –57˚30'N,...
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1999
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.540.5786 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic52-4-325.pdf |