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Monitoring of Lapland longspur reproduction on Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada
The Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus) is one of the most abundant and visible terrestrial songbird breeding in the Arctic. As other Arctic-nesting birds, they are... -
Monitoring of Greater Snow Goose reproduction on Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada
Nest searches are carried out on foot from our main field station since 1989 and from a secondary field camp inside the main goose colony since 1992. Nests are found during... -
Monitoring of avian predator reproduction on Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada
Predators play a key role in the functioning of ecosystems and could potentially control the abundance of their prey. As predators are at the top of the food chain, they can be... -
Lemming monitoring on Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada
Lemming abundance and demography are monitored using three methods: Capture by snap trapping was done using Museum Special traps at three sites during the summer from mid-July... -
Above-ground biomass of graminoid plants inside and outside goose grazing...
Primary production is at the base of all terrestrial food webs. In terrestrial ecosystem, primary production is measured by sampling the vegetation. We are interested in two...
