Long-term monitoring of incidental natural history information about Fox dens on Akimiski Island, Nunavut

• Main Author: Abraham, Kenneth F.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network 2012
• Subjects: Akimiski Island; Litter size; Mammals; Monitoring; Red fox; Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna - Terrestrial; International Polar Year-Arctic Wildlife Observatories Linking Vulnerable EcoSystems; Arctic; Canada; Nunavut; Akimiski island; Canada Goose; Circumpolar biodiversity monitoring program; Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna; International Polar Year; IPY
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5443/10695; https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=10695

Physical searches for fox dens are made and locations (GPS), activity (active, not active), etc. are recorded during ground searches for goose nests. ** Data from the IPY years 2007-2009 are available for download. If data are downloaded and used for analyses, it would greatly be appreciated that the principal investigator be informed. : Purpose: We have monitored Canada goose and snow goose reproductive success since 1993 and Semipalmated Plover success since 2002. Red and Arctic foxes are one of the primary egg predators. Understanding how many and where the foxes are located contributes to estimation of predation pressure and its varying influence on goose and shorebird success. This project also wanted to determine if there are trends in the abundance and distribution of fox on Akimiski Island in Nunavut. : Summary: Not Applicable