5 record(s) found with the tag "waterfowl" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Characteristics of the spring waterfowl hunt in the Mackenzie Delta
Principal Investigator: Bromley, Robert G.
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: The researcher is interested in determining how many and what kinds of ducks, geese and swans are shot in the spring, as well as how many of the adult females harvested have eggs developing in them. This research has received a Wildlife Research Permit # WL 001432. A licence from the Science Institute is issued in order that the researcher can receive support from the Inuvik Research Centre....


The role of predation in nesting success of black brant and lesser snow geese
Principal Investigator: Armstrong, Terry
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992 1991
Summary: This ongoing study will involve observing glaucous gulls as they prey on nests of black brant and lesser snow geese. I will attempt to determine why the gulls seem to be more successful when attacking the nests of brant than those of snow geese. I will examine the feeding behaviour of the gulls and the defense behaviour of the geese. I will also examine the nesting success and clutch sizes of b...


Akpatok Study 1987: Thick billed Murre Colony
Principal Investigator: Chapdelaine, Gilles
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1987
Summary: To gather as much information as possible on the reproductive biology and ecological requirements of thick-billed murres breeding at Akpatok Island in an attempt to predict the effects of environmental changes....


Licence #4021
Principal Investigator: Hayes, Brian
Licensed Year(s): 1984
Summary: To investigate the breeding biology of high-arctic, lightbellied brent geese (Branta bernicla hrota), including allied environmental factors which influence their breeding success....


Licence #4016
Principal Investigator: Lyon, Bruce E.
Licensed Year(s): 1984
Summary: To carry studies of: (1) parental care in tundra birds (2) ecological correlates of nest dispersion in high arctic birds. To study species will be Red Phalarope and Sabine's Gull. Individual birds will be color-marked to facilitate recognition....


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