A multi-isotope (δ13C, δ15N, δ34S, δ2H) approach to establishing migratory connectivity in lesser snow geese: Tracking an overabundant species

• Main Authors: Fowler, Drew N., Webb, Elisabeth B., Baldwin, Frank B., Vrtiska, Mark P., Hobson, Keith A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Baffin Island; Karrak Lake; Akimiski Island; Akimiski island; Baffin; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nebgamestaff/95; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/nebgamestaff/article/1091/viewcontent/Fowler_PLOS1_2018_A_multi_isotope.pdf; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/nebgamestaff/article/1091/filename/0/type/additional/viewcontent/pone.0203077.s003.pdf; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/nebgamestaff/article/1091/filename/1/type/additional/viewcontent/pone.0203077.s001.docx; https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/nebgamestaff/article/1091/filename/2/type/additional/viewcontent/pone.0203077.s002.docx

Expanding populations of North American midcontinent lesser snow geese (Anser caerulescens caerulescens) have potential to alter ecosystems throughout the Arctic and subarctic where they breed. Efforts to understand origins of harvested lesser snow geese to better inform management decisions have tr...