Demography of a Reintroduced Population of Evermann's Rock Ptarmigan in the Aleutian Islands

• Main Authors: Kaler, Robb S., Ebbert, Steve E., Braun, Clait E., Sandercock, Brett K.
• Other Authors: bsanderc
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Translocation; Introduced Population; Lagopus-Mutus; Nest Survival; Ptarmigan; Aleutian Archipelago; Agattu Island; Attu Island; Near Islands; Agattu; Attu; Lagopus muta; Lagopus mutus; rock ptarmigan; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8166

We report results of a 4-year translocation effort to reestablish a breeding population of Evermann’s Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta evermanni) in the Near Islands group of the western Aleutian Archipelago. Habitat restoration was completed by eradication of introduced foxes from Agattu Island by 1979...