Population biology of Ross's geese at McConnell River, Nunavut

• Main Author: Caswell, Jason Hughes
• Other Authors: Alisauskas, Ray T., Leighton, Frederick A., Clark, Robert G., Messier, François
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Saskatchewan 2009
• Subjects: goose; Ross's; arctic; nesting; dispersal; survival; mark re-capture; vital rate; McConnell River; Arctic; Nunavut; Queen Maud Gulf; Karrak Lake
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-03172009-082710

Understanding what influences movement patterns in animals is important to the understanding of colonization, range expansion, and source–sink dynamics. Ross’s geese (Chen rossii) have been expanding their nesting range eastward, and, as recently as 1994, have been nesting in large numbers in such n...