BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 2007


RESPONDENT

Dave Mossop

SITE NAME

British Mountains and Shingle Pt lowlands, Yukon Territory, Canada

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
8676688736 // dmossop@yukoncollege.yk.ca // Biodiversity Research, Yukon College

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Start of survey:

End of survey: Team size:


WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology:

Weather conditions:

 

Season temperature:
Season humidity:
Date of 50% snow-cover:
Date of ice-break on rivers:
Date of final loss of snow:

BIOTIC CONDITIONS

Rodents abundance evaluation:

Breeding conditions:

Aerial surveys in late June of a sample stretch of drainages in the British Mountains, and a transect on the coastal plain were undertaken to quantify Gyrfalcon nesting density and occupation, as well as ptarmigan abundance. Of 25 Gyrfalcon aeries, 16 were occupied but only 8 productive (1.4 young per productive nest), thus both numbers of productive nests and nest productivity were low. Ptarmigan were at moderate to low densities.
 

Rodent dynamics:

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN THE STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
birds of preyYes hatching  
ptarmigansYes breeding  

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment

 


Source(s):

Arctic WOLVES - 2007 Project Field Report. 2008. http://www.cen.ulaval.ca/arcticwolves/files/WOLVES_field_report_2007.pdf

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