Ecology of the Long-Tailed Jaeger at Lake Hazen, Ellesmere Island

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Maher, William J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1970
• Subjects: Long-tailed Jaegers; Predation; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Lake Hazen; Île d'Ellesmere; Labbe à longue queue; Long-tailed Jaeger; Stercorarius longicaudus; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66213

Reports on the 1966 studies of breeding density, timing, chick growth and food habits of Stercorarius longicaudus near the northern margin of its extensive range (66 N on Hudson Bay to 83 N) where it is free of competition from the pomarine and parasitic jaegers. The great variation in breeding of t...