Using Videography to Quantify Landscape-Level Availability of Habitat for Grazers: An Example with Emperor Geese in Western Alaska

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Lake, Bryce D., Lindberg, Mark S., Schmutz, Joel A., Anthony, R. Michael, Broerman, Fred J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: Alaska; Carex; emperor goose; Chen canagica; grazing lawn; Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta; videography; oie empereur; pâturage; delta Yukon-Kuskokwim; vidéographie; Empereur; Empereurs; Yukon; Arctic; Kuskokwim
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63373

We present a videography approach to estimating large-scale availability of grazing lawns, an important food resource used by broods of emperor geese (Chen canagica) on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Sampling was conducted in 1999, 2003, and 2004 at six locations that encompassed ~40% of the Nor...