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Table 1 Winter capture regions and subsequent summer breeding regions of 75 greater white-fronted geese (Anser albifrons frontalis) captured and fit with GPS-ACC-GSM transmitters during winters 2016–2019. Values and percentages indicate the number and percent of individuals breeding in each specific region in relation to the total number of individuals captured in that region (n). Regions include Interior Alaska, USA (Interior AK), Western Alaskan coast and Seward Peninsula, Alaska, USA (West AK/Seward Pen.), the North Slope of Alaska, USA (AK North Slope), mainland Northwest Territories, Canada (NWT), Western Nunavut and high Arctic islands of Nunavut, Canada (West NU/Arctic Isl), central Nunavut, Canada, and eastern Nunavut, Canada

From: Winter fidelity, movements, and energy expenditure of Midcontinent Greater White-fronted Geese

  

Breeding Region

Capture Region

n

Interior AK

West AK/

Seward Pen.

AK

North Slope

NWT

West NU/

Arctic Isl.

Central NU

East NU

Rolling/High Plains, TX

23

3 (13.0%)

2 (8.7%)

7 (30.4%)

2 (8.7%)

5 (21.7%)

3 (13.0%)

1 (4.3%)

Chenier Plain, LA

35

0 (0.0%)

2 (5.7%)

10 (28.6%)

2 (5.7%)

5 (14.3%)

8 (22.9%)

8 (22.9%)

Lower Texas Coast, TX

10

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

5 (50.0%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (30.0%)

1 (10.0%)

1 (10.0%)

MAVa, Northeast LA

5

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

4 (80.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (20.0%)

South Brushlands, TX

2

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (50.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (50.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Total

75

3 (4.0%)

4 (5.3%)

27 (36.0%)

4 (5.3%)

14 (18.7%)

12 (16.0%)

11 (14.7%)

  1. aMississippi Alluvial Valley