Microhabitat Characteristics of Lapland Longspur, Calcarius lapponicus, Nests at Cape Churchill, Manitoba

• Published in: The Canadian Field-Naturalist
• Main Authors: Boal, Clint W., Andersen, David E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club 2005
• Subjects: Calcarius lapponicus; Lapland Longspur; Chen caerulescens; Lesser Snow Goose; microhabitat; Cape Churchill; nesting habitat; Manitoba; Churchill; Wapusk national park; Lapland
• Online Access: https://www.canadianfieldnaturalist.ca/index.php/cfn/article/view/108; https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v119i2.108

We examined microsite characteristics at 21 Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) nests and land cover types in which they occurred in Wapusk National Park, Cape Churchill, Manitoba. Nests were located in four of six physiographic-vegetation land-cover types. Regardless of land-cover type, all but...