The Numbers and Distribution of Greater Snow Geese on Bylot Island and near Jungersen Bay, Baffin Island, in 1988 And 1983

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Reed, Austin, Boyd, Hugh, Chagnon, Pierre, Hawkings, James
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1992
• Subjects: Aerial surveys; Animal distribution; Animal food; Animal population; Animal reproduction; Bird nesting; Environmentally significant areas; Greater Snow Geese; Salt marshes; Baffin Island; Nunavut; Bylot Island; Jungersen Bay; St. Lawrence Estuary; Québec; Canada; Arctic; Baffin; Canada Goose; Île Bylot
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64436

We conducted aerial photographic surveys of greater snow geese on portions of Bylot Island and northern Baffin Island during August 1988 to determine whether changes had occurred since a similar survey in 1983. On the 1600 sq/km south plain of Bylot Island, using a quadrat system and stratified rand...