Breeding Bird Surveys at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut (1980-2008)

• Main Authors: Trefry, Sarah A., Freedman, Bill, Hudson, James M. G., Henry, Gregory H. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Alexandra Fiord; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Nunavut; Arctic birds; Climate change; Plectrophenax nivalis; Snow Bunting; Lapland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/28872

Long-term monitoring of bird populations in the Arctic is of considerable interest as this area is experiencing rapid climate warming; however, multi-decadal studies in the Canadian High Arctic are rare. Over five summers between 1980 and 2008, we conducted breeding bird surveys by walking transects...