Breeding Biology of Brant on Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Cotter, Richard C., Hines, James E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2001
• Subjects: brant; Branta bernicla; breeding biology; nesting success; productivity; Banks Island; Northwest Territories; bernache bravant; biologie de la reproduction; réussite d’établissement du nid; productivité; île Banks; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; Arctic; Brant; Canada; Pacific; Île Banks; Nyctea scandiaca; snowy owl
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63850

The numbers of brant (Branta bernicla) in the Pacific Flyway are relatively small compared to other populations of arctic geese and have declined from historic levels. Little information is available on brant from Banks Island, although the size of the island and its location in the western Canadian...