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Connecting the trophic dots: Responses of an aquatic bird species to variable abundance of macroinvertebrates in northern boreal wetlands

Publication Type: Scientific

To evaluate variation in abundance of boreal wetland macroinvertebrates and test for effects of this variation on the diet and habitat use of a bird species that consumes aquatic invertebrates (lesser scaup, Aythya affinis), we collected macroinvertebrates and birds and conducted bird surveys (June-August) at two wetland complexes in northwestern Canada and assessed diet composition using an isotopic approach.

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Boreal Wetlands of Canada and the United States of America

Publication Type: Scientific

The Canadian and Alaskan boreal zone is one of the most water rich areas in the world, and contains an estimated combined surface water and peatland area the size of Indonesia (?1.94 million km2). Boreal wetlands are diverse in form and function and can be classified into five major types: bogs, fens, swamps, marshes, and shallow open water wetlands.

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