Freedman, Bill
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Item Open Access Breeding Bird Surveys at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut (1980-2008)(2010-09) Trefry, Sarah A.; Freedman, Bill; Hudson, James M. G.; Henry, Gregory H. R.Long-term monitoring of bird populations in the Arctic is of considerable interest as this area is experiencing rapid climate warming; however, multi-decadal studies in the Canadian High Arctic are rare. Over five summers between 1980 and 2008, we conducted breeding bird surveys by walking transects and mapping territories in a periglacial lowland on east-central Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. In all survey years, snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), Lapland longspur (Ca !carats lapponicus), and Baird's sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) were the most abundant species. Over the study period, the assemblage of breeding bird species appears to have changed little, except for an increase in Lapland longspur. In the summer of 2008, we also compared two techniques for censusing territories. We found that spot-mapping, a simple and cost-effective method, produced similar results to the more labour-intensive active-flushing. Spot-mapping is therefore suitable for conducting bird surveys in northern locations where the vegetation is short, the terrain is flat, and the visibility is extensive. In the coming years, it will be important to continue monitoring Arctic birds to determine how climate change is affecting their breeding populations.Item Open Access Intense, Natural Pollution Affects Arctic Tundra Vegetation at the Smoking Hills, Canada(1990-04) Freedman, Bill; ZOBENS, V.; HUTCHINSON, TC; GIZYN, WINo abstract available.Item Open Access Survey of Vegetated Areas and Musk-Ox Populations in East-Central Ellesmere Island(1986-03) HENRY, G.; Freedman, Bill; SVOBODA, J.No abstract available.Item Open Access Entombed Plant-Communities Released by a Retreating Glacier at Central Ellesmere Island, Canada(1984) BERGSMA, BM; SVOBODA, J.; Freedman, BillNo abstract available.