Shorebird and Passerine Abundance and Habitat Use at a High Arctic Breeding Site: Creswell Bay, Nunavut

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Latour, Paul B., Machtans, Craig S., Beyersbergen, Gerard W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2010
• Subjects: Creswell Bay; High Arctic; Nunavut; shorebirds; passerines; density; numbers; habitat; species diversity; protection; baie Creswell; Extrême-Arctique; oiseaux de rivage; passereaux; densité; nombres; diversité des espèces; Arctic; Buff; Somerset Island; archipel arctique; Arctique*; Calidris alba; Phalaropus fulicarius; Red Phalarope; toundra; Tundra; Lapland; lapon; Sanderling
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63450

Shorebirds and passerines were surveyed at Creswell Bay, Somerset Island, in the High Arctic Ecozone (Canadian Arctic Islands) during the breeding season (June and July, 1995–97) and in August 1995 (post-breeding). The study area, situated on the north and south sides of Creswell Bay, consisted of s...