A multi-isotope (δ13C, δ15N, δ34S, δ2H) approach to establishing migratory connectivity in lesser snow geese: Tracking an overabundant species

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Fowler, Drew N., Webb, Elisabeth B., Baldwin, Frank B., Vrtiska, Mark P., Hobson, Keith A.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2018
• Subjects: Research Article; Akimiski Island; Arctic; Baffin Island; Karrak Lake; Akimiski island; Baffin; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6108521/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30142189; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203077

Expanding populations of North American midcontinent lesser snow geese (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) have potential to alter ecosystems throughout the Arctic and subarctic where they breed. Efforts to understand origins of harvested lesser snow geese to better inform management decisions have tr...