Ecological factors affecting midcontinent light goose recruitment

• Main Author: Ross, Megan V 1992-
• Other Authors: Morrissey, Christy A, Clark, Robert G, Wei, Yangdou D, Clark, Douglas A
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 2016
• Subjects: arctic; breeding phenology; climate change; density dependence; geese; nutrient reserves; mismatch; gosling survival; Arctic; Karrak Lake; Nunavut; Climate change
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/7644

A full understanding of population dynamics requires knowledge about the relative contributions of both adult survival and recruitment to population growth rate. Avian life cycles consist of a number of reproductive stages leading to recruitment, each of which is highly susceptible to annual variabi...