Habitat Use and Activity Budgets of Greater Snow Geese in Spring

1988 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilles Gauthier ◽  
Yves Bedard ◽  
Jean Bedard
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Activity Budgets ◽  
Snow Geese

Interactions between land use, habitat use, and population increase in greater snow geese: what are the consequences for natural wetlands?

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 856-868 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilles Gauthier ◽  
Jean-Francois Giroux ◽  
Austin Reed ◽  
Arnaud Bechet ◽  
Luc Belanger
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Habitat Use ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
Snow Geese ◽  
Natural Wetlands

Habitat use and behaviour of Greater Snow Geese during movements from nesting to brood-rearing areas

2006 ◽  
Vol 84 (8) ◽  
pp. 1096-1103 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Mainguy ◽  
G. Gauthier ◽  
J.-F. Giroux ◽  
I. Duclos
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Chen Caerulescens ◽  
Brood Rearing ◽  
Snow Geese ◽  
Greater Snow Goose ◽  
Chen Caerulescens Atlantica ◽  
Precocial Birds ◽  
Aerial Tracking

Many precocial birds make long-distance movements with their young after hatch to reach the best foraging sites. On Bylot Island, Nunavut, a large number of Greater Snow Goose ( Chen caerulescens atlantica L., 1758) families move 30 km from the main nesting colony (MNC) to reach the main brood-rearing area (MBR) soon after hatch. Geese moving from the MNC to the MBR generally rear lighter and smaller goslings than geese that avoid this movement by both nesting and rearing their brood at the MBR. In this study, we tested the hypotheses that use of low-quality habitats and an increase in the time spent walking at the expense of foraging during movements could explain the reduced growth of goslings in those families. We conducted visual observations to compare habitat use and selection as well as behaviour of geese during brood movements from the MNC to the MBR (i.e., at a transit area) with those of families that had already settled at the MBR. We also conducted aerial tracking to monitor habitat use of 16 radio-marked females during and after brood movements. Streams, wet polygons, and lakes, considered high-quality habitats in terms of feeding opportunities and predator refuges, were preferred, while upland, a low-quality habitat, was avoided at both the transit area and the MBR. However, broods were found in the upland habitat more often during movements than once settled on a rearing site. The behaviour of unmarked geese at the transit site did not differ from that of geese at the MBR. We suggest that reduced food intake in low-quality habitats during movements, but not the increase in time spent walking, may explain the reduction in growth observed at fledging in goslings moving from the MNC to the MBR.

Habitat Use and Activity Budgets of Emerald Basilisks (Basiliscus plumifrons) in Northeast Costa Rica

Copeia ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 (3) ◽  
pp. 465-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew S. Lattanzio ◽  
Thomas C. LaDuke
Keyword(s):  
Costa Rica ◽  
Habitat Use ◽  
Activity Budgets

scholarly journals Utilizing Camera Traps, Closed Circuit Cameras and Behavior Observation Software to Monitor Activity Budgets, Habitat Use, and Social Interactions of Zoo-Housed Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus)

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2026
Author(s):  
Jilian M. Fazio ◽  
Tony Barthel ◽  
Elizabeth W. Freeman ◽  
Kay Garlick-Ott ◽  
Anne Scholle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Closed Circuit ◽  
Activity Budgets ◽  
Asian Elephants ◽  
Behavioral Observations ◽  
Over Time

Accredited zoos and aquariums value superior animal husbandry and strive to ensure that the physical, psychological, and social needs of animals are met. In North America, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) relies on species-specific standards to ensure facilities provide the best care for collection animals. The AZA also makes explicit recommendations for long-term monitoring of welfare. Data collected through behavioral observations can be used to modify management as animals respond over time to social, environmental, or physical changes. In long-lived, social species like elephants, it is particularly important to document herd dynamics, calf development, geriatric health, and social bonds throughout their lifetimes. The Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park housed one male and six female Asian elephants in dynamic social groupings. Behavioral observations were conducted on all elephants for two years using two methods involving ZooMonitor, closed circuit cameras, and camera traps. The goal was to compare how these two methods function to provide individual activity budgets, habitat use, and social interactions. Methodologies such as these, alone or in combination, have the potential to produce valuable data about potential changes in welfare over time in a zoological setting and can be performed either by staff or volunteers with high reliability.

Spring Habitat Use and Diets of Midcontinent Adult Lesser Snow Geese

1992 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray T. Alisauskas ◽  
C. Davison Ankney
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Snow Geese ◽  
Lesser Snow Geese

Habitat Use by Snow Geese Wintering in Southeast Texas

1984 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 1085 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Hobaugh
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Use ◽  
Snow Geese ◽  
Southeast Texas
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