Microhabitat Characteristics of Lapland Longspur, Calcarius lapponicus, Nests at Cape Churchill, Manitoba

• Main Authors: Boal, Clint W, Andersen, David E
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Calcarius lapponicus; Lapland Longspur; Chen caerulescens; Lesser Snow Goose; microhabitat; Cape Churchill; nesting; habitat; manitoba; Churchill; Lapland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/183567

We examined microsite characteristics at 21 Lapland Longspur (Ca/carius /apponicus) nests and land cover types in which they occUlTed in Wapusk National Parle. Cape Churchill, Manitoba. Nests were located in four of six physiographic-vegetation land-cover types. Regardless of land-cover type. all bu...