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SITE NAME
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Melville Island, Canada
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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| Date of ice-break on
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
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Breeding conditions:
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| Survey and banding operations were conducted on Melville Island in the summer of 2002. A total of 116 Brant (45 adult females, 45 adult males and 26 goslings) were banded from both breeding and moulting groups. Only 5 family groups of Western High Arctic Brant were observed on Melville Island and breeding success was expected to be low for the second consecutive year.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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