Relative abundance, habitat use, and breeding status of birds in Aulavik National Park, Banks Island, Northwest Territories

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 393-407

  Henry, J David ^a   Mico, Michelle ^a  

^a PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abundance; Arctic; Aulavik National Park; Banks Island; Birds; Breeding distribution; Habitat associations; Microhabitats; Northwest Territories; Wind shelter

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SPECIES INVENTORY;

CANADA;

ALAUDIDAE; AVES; CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS MARITIMA; CALIDRIS PUSILLA; CHARADRIUS SEMIPALMATUS; CICONIIFORMES; EREMOPHILA; LARUS; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; MAMMALIA; PLUVIALIS; PLUVIALIS SQUATAROLA; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; STRIGIFORMES; TRYNGITES SUBRUFICOLLIS;

EID: 0038052338     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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