POPULATION TRENDS OF TUNDRA-NESTING BIRDS IN CHURCHILL, MANITOBA: POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF INCREASING LESSER SNOW GOOSE (CHEN CAERULESCENS CAERULESCENS) POPULATIONS

• Main Author: Sammler, John E
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Arctic; Nestor; Calidris alpina; Churchill; Eremophila alpestris; Tundra; Lapland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11299/183645

Recent increases in lesser snow goose (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) abundance have raised the question of how populations of other tundra-nesting birds are impacted by increased goose herbivory and habitat degradation. Line transect surveys were conducted on 30 transects at the Nestor 1 study sit...