Download or read book A Survey of Lesser Snow Geese and Canada Geese on Jenny Lind Island Northwest Territories written by Kevin J. McCormick and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Colonies and Numbers of Ross Geese and Lesser Snow Geese in the Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary written by R. H. Kerbes and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author used large-format aerial photography combined with ground-truth surveys to estimate the total numbers of Ross' Geese and Lesser Snow Geese nesting in June in the Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary in the central Canadian Arctic.
Download or read book Productivity of Lesser Snow Geese on Banks Island Northwest Territories Canada in 1995 1998 written by Gustaf Samelius and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We estimated that 264 000-452 000 Lesser Snow Geese Chen caerulescens caerulescens nested at Egg Riveron Banks Island, Northwest Territories, in 1995-1998. This was about twice as many geese as was reported nesting there in the 1980s, and we estimated that the nesting population grew by 4.2% per year from 1953 to 1998"--Abstract.
Download or read book Distribution Survival and Numbers of Lesser Snow Geese of the Western Canadian Arctic and Wrangel Island Russia written by R. H. Kerbes and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Razorbill Alca torda is one of the rarest breeding auks in North America. A number of surveys have been conducted at breeding colonies in recent years to estimate population size and trends. Summarizing the available data, we estimate that approximately 38 000 pairs of Razorbills currently breed in eastern North America. The largest concentrations of Razorbills breed on the Quebec North Shore and in coastal southern Labrador; smaller numbers breed in the Quebec portion of the gulf and estuary of the St. Lawrence River, Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and St. Pierre and Miquelon. "--Abstract.
Download or read book Influence of Sympatric Lesser Snow Geese Chen Caerulescens Caerulescens on Reproductive Performance Behavior and Food Habits of Canada Geese Branta Canadensis Interior on Akimiski Island Nunavut written by Jeffrey Scott Gleason and published by Library and Archives Canada = Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. This book was released on 2003 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on Akimiski Island, Nunavut, indicates declining numbers of nesting Southern James Bay Population (SJBP) Canada Geese (Branta canadensis interior) while increases have been documented for number of breeding Lesser Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens). Low direct recovery rates of goslings is suggestive of late-summer mortality which may be limiting recruitment for Canada geese on Akimiski Island. This study was designed specifically to (1) compare Canada Goose reproductive performance, incubation and brood-rearing behavior in areas of allopatry and sympatry and with Lesser Snow Geese, (2) determine if there are differences in diets of Canada Geese in areas of allopatry and sympatry, and (3) determine if there are differences in diets of Canada and Lesser Snow Geese in the area of sympatry. I documented annual variation for all and spatial variation for some reproductive parameters measured. Results of between-area comparisons of reproductive performance tended to suggest that in some years, Canada Geese nesting in the area of sympatry contribute little towards the maintenance of the island segment of this population. During incubation when females were on nests, male behavior varied as a function of year, area, time-of-day, and incubation stage. Overall, male Canada Geese allocated their time primarily to vigilance, feeding, and resting when females were on the nest. Males in the area of allopatry were more vigilant and fed less compared to males in the area of sympatry. When females were on the nest, their behavior varied relative to time-of-day, incubation stage, and temperature. Females in the area of allopatry were more vigilant than females in the area of sympatry, but overall, females on the nest allocated their time primarily to resting and maintenance. Recess behavior of Canada Geese varied relative to sex, incubation stage, and temperature, but not area, though pairs in the area of allopatry tended to spend more time alert and less time feeding compared to pairs in the area of sympatry. During recesses, males allocated their time primarily to vigilance, whereas females allocated nearly equal proportions of time to feeding and maintenance. Overall, brood-rearing behavior varied relative to year, area, time-of-day, sex/age class, days since peak hatch, brood size, brood density, and temperature. Overall, results are indicative of exploitation competition and I suggest that present foraging conditions are insufficient to meet the energetic demands of breeding Canada Geese, as well as breeding and staging Lesser Snow Geese, molt-migrant Giant Canada Geese, and staging Atlantic Brant. Such an energy deficit is particularly detrimental to the growth and development of Canada Goose goslings resulting in locally poor recruitment which presumably will lead to a much depressed breeding population of Canada Geese on Akimiski Island. (Abstract shortened by UMI.).
Download or read book A Survey of Lesser Snow Geese on Southampton and Baffin Islands NWT 1979 written by A. Reed and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey conducted in eight colonies in June and July 1979 showed a 50% increase in the Southampton Island population but not significant change on Baffin Island.
Download or read book Arctic Ecosystems in Peril written by Bruce D. J. Batt and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surveys of Geese and Swans in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region Western Canadian Arctic 1989 2001 written by James Edward Hines and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper is part of a series that reports the peer-reviewed results of original research carried out by members of the Canadian Wildlife Service or supported by the Service. Included in the series are monitoring studies of Canadian species, natural histories, status reports on human hunting activities, habitat research, and the effects of human activities and environmental toxins on wildlife.
Download or read book Song of the North Wind written by Paul A. Johnsgard and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1979-01-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries the snow goose has signified the passing seasons to the Indians?its white feathers a symbol of the breadth of life and a reminder of the roles the birds played as messengers between heaven and earth. The importance of the geese in these roles is attested by their prominence in Indian lore and myth. ø As a boy growing up in North Dakota, Paul A. Johnsgard measured his winters not by conventional time units, but in the days it took for the snow geese to return from their wintering grounds to Lake Traverse. In this book he recounts the story of one year in the life of a pair of snow geese-the incubation and breeding of the young in the Arctic, their hazardous migration to winter quarters near the Gulf of Mexico, and the spring migration back to the Arctic.
Download or read book A Survey of Lesser Snow Geese on Southampton and Baffin Islands Northwest Territories NWT 1979 written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Population Modelling and Management of Snow Geese written by H. Boyd and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document consists of three separate but related papers. The objective of the first is to improve managerial understanding of the impact of spring hunting by indigenous peoples in northern Canada. It is an analysis of the relative impact of hunting in the spring, compared with the conventional hunting seasons in fall and winter. In the second paper, Cooke et al. comments on the model and the choice of parameters that was used in a paper by Rockwell et al., and which provided the underpinning for the argument in that paper that a great increase in the hunting kill of Snow Geese was required to reverse the rapid increase in the numbers of those geese. In the third paper, Rockwell and Ankney counter Cooke's claims.
Download or read book The Private Eye written by Mary Burns and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Private Eye we learn about snow geese through the eyes of Native people, scientists, artists, hunters, and farmers. Yup'ik Eskimo Charles Hunt harvests snow geese along the Yukon River delta each fall, continuing a subsistence way of life that has existed for millennia. Russian, Canadian, and US scientists track the movements of the geese each spring and fall, banding, sexing, counting, and precisely monitoring the activities of these beautiful birds. Robert Bateman provides an artist's view of nature and relates how his curiosity led him to join a camp set up at a remote nesting site. Mary Burns also talks to hunters, joining a party of them as they wait for their snow geese decoys to lure the real thing into a Westham Island field in the Fraser delta. To complete the experience she prepares snow geese for supper. As well, Burns travels around the Skagit River delta during a population survey and meets a dairy farmer who describes both the wild flocks that converge on his fields each spring and the snow geese he raises in pens. The Private Eye suggests that by acknowledging our many and varied connections with the natural world, we will have a better understanding of the human place in it.
Download or read book Surveys of Nesting Mid continent Lesser Snow Geese and Ross s Geese in Eastern and Central Arctic Canada 1997 98 written by R. H. Kerbes and published by Saskatoon : Canadian Wildlife Service. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes & presents results of 1997-98 aerial surveys conducted to obtain estimates of the number & distribution of nesting snow geese (Chen caerulescens caerulescens) in the eastern & central Arctic and of nesting Ross's geese (Chen rossii) in the central Arctic & in the eastern Arctic at McConnell River. The surveys focussed on one population component, the nesting adults in June, and did not attempt to estimate numbers of non-breeders, failed breeders, young of the year, or total population size. Results are discussed in relation to historical changes in numbers & distribution of midcontinent snow geese & Ross's geese, photo surveys for monitoring population trends, and the recent & future use of periodic photographic surveys for international management of these goose populations.
Download or read book Comparative Growth and Development of Canada Geese Branta Canadensis Interior and Lesser Snow Geese Chen Caerulescens Caerulescens of Akimiski Island Northwest Territories written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Occasional Papers written by Canadian Wildlife Service and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lesser Snow Geese of the Eastern Canadian Arctic written by H. Boyd and published by Canadian Wildlife Service. This book was released on 1982 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estimates of hunting kill, band recoveries, and aerial surveys of wintering places are used to describe the status of lesser snow geese, Anser c. caerulescens, breeding in eastern arctic Canada during 1964-79.
Download or read book Wildlife Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
