Sentences with phrase «brant population»

This year seemed like a perfect opportunity for the brant population to thrive but the only problem was that this fortuitous weather cycle also coincided with a dramatic drop in the lemming population which cycles every 3 - 4 years and which are the other main food source of the Arctic fox.

The cackling goose population has exponentially increased and has inserted itself into the equation — something that was not there 30 years ago when brant populations were much more robust,» said Williams.

Not exact matches

The focus of the research team, which includes UD graduate student Clark Nissley, was on the Atlantic brant goose, a bird whose population has been fluctuating and on a moderate decline for many years, to learn if limitations during the summer breeding season have accelerated that trend.

While the brant did have more nesting success this year than last, Williams said that it was still not likely enough to rebound the low population.

New settlement from the United Empire Loyalists (UEL) and Mohawks from the Six Nations in New York, led by Molly Brant (the sister of Six Nations Leader Joseph Brant - Tyendinega), formed a significant part of an expanding population in the area at the end of the 18th century.»