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| Title: |
Breeding Biology and Nesting Success of the Yellow Warbler
at Canvasback Lake |
| Abstract: |
This two-year study will be examining the breeding biology
and nesting success of a population of Yellow Warblers at Canvasback Lake,
Alaska. Information will be collected on nesting chronology, clutch and
brood sizes, hatching success, nestling survival, fledging success, causes
of nest failures, rate of renesting, mate fidelity, rate of polygyny, nesting
density, synchrony of nesting activities in the population, and nest site
characteristics. Techniques used to collect this information will include
nest searching and monitoring, mist-netting and banding, color-banding,
behavioral observations, nest site descriptions, and vegetation sampling.
Relationships between nesting success and various life history traits and
nest site characteristics will be examined. |
| Keywords: |
Yellow Warbler, Dendroica petechia, breeding biology,
nest success, mate fidelity, polygyny, breeding behavior |
| Status: |
Starting. |
| Duration: |
1998-2000 |
| Location: |
Canvasback Lake, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska |
| Region: |
Central Alaska |
| Cooperators: |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Yukon Flats National Wildlife
Refuge; University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| Contacts: |
- Kristine Sowl
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Yukon Flats NWR
- 101 12th Ave., Room 264, Fairbanks, AK 99701 USA
- 907-456-0386
- kristine_sowl@mail.fws.gov
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