Breeding Bird Surveys at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut (1980–2008)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Trefry, Sarah A., Freedman, Bill, Hudson, James M.G., Henry, Gregory H.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2010
• Subjects: active-flushing; Arctic; climate change; Ellesmere Island; High Arctic; monitoring; rope-drag; spot-mapping; survey; dispersion active (active-flushing); Arctique; changement climatique; île d'Ellesmere; Extrême-Arctique; surveillance; tirage de corde; méthode des plans quadrillés; dénombrement; Alexandra Fiord; Nunavut; Arctic birds; Arctique*; Bruant des neiges; Climate change; Île d'Ellesmere; Lapons; Plectrophenax nivalis; Snow Bunting; Lapland; lapon
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64548

Long-term monitoring of bird populations in the Arctic is of considerable interest as this area is experiencing rapid climate warming; however, multi-decadal studies in the Canadian High Arctic are rare. Over five summers between 1980 and 2008, we conducted breeding bird surveys by walking transects...