BREEDING CONDITIONS REPORT, 1995


RESPONDENT

Gustav Samelius

SITE NAME

Egg River, Banks Island, Canada

Contact details (phone/fax//e-mail//address):
306-975-5509/306-975-4089 // Gustaf.Samelius@EC.GC.CA; dana.kellett@ec.gc.ca // Canadian Wildlife Service, 115 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon SK, S7N 0X4, Canada

PROJECT DETAILS

Project name:

Banks Island Snow Goose Study

Start of survey:

End of survey: Team size:


WEATHER CONDITIONS

Season phenology: late

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:

low

Breeding conditions:

See 1998 report for comparison of bird breeding conditions in 1995-1998.
 

Rodent dynamics:

See 1998 report for comparison of lemming abundance in 1995-1998.

Rodent species recorded:

LatinAbundance

Summary of fauna studies:

 

FAUNA IN THE STUDY AREA

Group of speciesPresenceAbundanceBreedingDetailed studiesComment
arctic foxesYescommon   
lemmingsYesrare   
geeseYesabundantfledging  
skuasYescommon   
pomarine skuasYescommon   
gulls/ternsYescommonbreeding  
wolvesYesrare   

 

SEABIRD COLONIES

speciesComment

 

WATERBIRD NON-BREEDING AGGREGATIONS

speciesAggregation typeNumberComment

 

HUMAN ACTIVITY IN THE STUDY AREA

Human activityComment

 


Source(s):

Samelius, G. 2002. Banks Island Snow Goose Study. http://www.usask.ca/biology/goose/.
Samelius, G.//Alisauskas R.T. 1998. Productivity of lesser snow geese on Banks Island 1995 to 1998. Final Report submitted to the Inuvialuit Wildlife Management Advisory Council, Inuvik, Canada. 26 pp.

more on citation guidelines

 Last updated: 11 Dec. 2008  

HOME PAGE