Monitoring of shorebirds reproduction on Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada

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Acknowledgements

Polar Data Catalogue links (Metadata)

• CCIN Long-term monitoring of the cycles and success of breeding activity of shorebirds on Bylot Island, Nunavut

Version history

• Version 1.1 (1954–2019)

  Updated January 22, 2020
• Version 1.0 (1954–2018)

  Updated May 15, 2019

You can request an older version by contacting nordicana@cen.ulaval.ca

Measurement sites

Supplementary material

• Description of the variables