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- description: A mid-summer aerial search was made on the 23,000 square miles of waterfowl habitat on Alaska's Arctic slope.
Observations included 159 whistling swan (Olor columbianus); 10,278 Canada geese (Branta canadensis); 20,981 black brant (Branta
nigricans); 6,730 white-fronted geese (Anser albifrons); and 458 snow geese (Chen hyperborea). A fairly concentrated molting
area for geese was found near Cape Ralkett. Expanded population estimates are given. Discussion includes: better census methods,
the relation of these birds to areas of greater nesting concentration; possibility for banding and other studies; and the
possibility of increasing abundance of snow geese. It is concluded that this large block of low density habitat could be representative
of a vast Arctic area of low production that may be of considerable importance to the species involved.; abstract: A mid-summer
aerial search was made on the 23,000 square miles of waterfowl habitat on Alaska's Arctic slope. Observations included
159 whistling swan (Olor columbianus); 10,278 Canada geese (Branta canadensis); 20,981 black brant (Branta nigricans); 6,730
white-fronted geese (Anser albifrons); and 458 snow geese (Chen hyperborea). A fairly concentrated molting area for geese
was found near Cape Ralkett. Expanded population estimates are given. Discussion includes: better census methods, the relation
of these birds to areas of greater nesting concentration; possibility for banding and other studies; and the possibility of
increasing abundance of snow geese. It is concluded that this large block of low density habitat could be representative of
a vast Arctic area of low production that may be of considerable importance to the species involved.
Citation
- Title The swans and geese of Alaska's arctic slope.
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2018-05-19T09:22:26.861921
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CINERGI Metadata catalog
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