Habitat change at a multi-species goose breeding area on Southampton Island, Nunavut, Canada, 1979–2010

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Kenneth F. Abraham, Christopher M. Sharp, Peter M. Kotanen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2020
• Subjects: east bay; foraging; geese; herbivory; southampton island; vegetation change; envir; geo; Arctic; Brant; Canada; East Bay; Nunavut; South Bay; Southampton Island; Puccinellia phryganodes; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2018-0032; https://doaj.org/article/fd3ad8ad88c14aa997f09714507aab26

Foraging by hyperabundant Arctic-nesting geese has significant impacts on vegetation of Arctic and subarctic coastal lowlands, but long-term data sets documenting these changes are rare. We undertook intensive surveys of plant communities at East Bay and South Bay, Southampton Island, Nunavut, Canad...