Site fidelity of Black Brant wintering and spring staging in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia.

dc.contributor.authorReed, E.
dc.contributor.authorCooch, E.G.
dc.contributor.authorGoudie, R.I.
dc.contributor.authorCooke, F.
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-24T02:59:25Z
dc.date.available2012-04-24T02:59:25Z
dc.date.issued1998-08
dc.description.abstractSite fidelity has important implications for population genetics and dynamics. In birds, most studies have dealt with breeding ground fidelity, ignoring the fact that waterfowl mainly pair in winter or early spring. We used multiple observation data from a mark-relight study of Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) to estimate fidelity to wintering and spring staging areas in Boundary Bay and Parksville-Qualicum British Columbia. Site fidelity was low for winter residents but still indicated that Brant were faithful to Boundary Bay. Birds seen twice or more during any given winter had significantly higher site fidelity rates than those seen only once. The models for the spring period showed the presence of transients in both Boundary Bay and Qualicum. Birds seen for the first time in an area had a lower probability of returning to that area than birds seen in more than one year. Survival probability was significantly higher for Qualicum birds than for Boundary Bay birds. We concluded that prior knowledge of an area was an important determinant of site fidelity, and that low site fidelity levels were unlikely to lead to genetic sub structuring of the population.
dc.identifier.citationThe Condor 100, 3 (1998): 426-437
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/13801
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of California Press
dc.rights.articlehttp://www.jstor.org/stable/1369708
dc.rights.journalhttp://ucpressjournals.com/journal.php?j=conden_US
dc.rights.publisherhttp://ucpressjournals.com
dc.subjectBlack Brant
dc.subjectBrantab erniclan igricans
dc.subjectsite fidelity
dc.subjectsurvival
dc.subjectmark-resight
dc.titleSite fidelity of Black Brant wintering and spring staging in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia.
dc.typeArticle

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