Reproductive Biology of Sabine's Gull in the Canadian Arctic

• Main Authors: Montevecchi, William A., Stenhouse, Iain J., Gilchrist, H. Grant
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of California Press 2001
• Subjects: Arctic; Southampton Island; Alopex lagopus; Arctic Fox; Sabine's Gull; Xema sabini
• Online Access: https://research.library.mun.ca/1945/; https://research.library.mun.ca/1945/1/Reproductive_Biology_of_Sabine_s_Gull_in_the_Canadian_Arctic.pdf; https://research.library.mun.ca/1945/3/Reproductive_Biology_of_Sabine_s_Gull_in_the_Canadian_Arctic.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1650/0010-5422(2001)103[0098:RBOSSG]2.0.CO;2

We studied the reproductive biology of Sabine’s Gulls (Xema sabini) breeding on Southampton Island, in the eastern Canadian Arctic, from May to August in 1998 and 1999, and compared our results to information collected from the same region in 1980. Breeding phenology was 10 days earlier in 1998 than...