H Grant Gilchrist

Biographic Data

ID1347321
NAMEH Grant Gilchrist
GIVEN NAMESH Grant
FAMILY NAMEGilchrist
SIGNATUREGILCHRIST H G
AFFILIATIONSCarleton University
ORCID0000-0001-5031-5092
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS18
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT18
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX1

  • What is Effective Research Communication? Towards Cooperative Inquiry with Nunavut Communities

    Open AccessDominique A Henri, Nicolas D Brunet et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2020

    Communication is recognized as the foundation of developing partnerships in science. In this study, we assess the effectiveness of several communication processes, practices, and tools used by wildlife researchers in northern communities in Arctic Canada. A case study was conducted in the communities of Cape Dorset and Coral Harbour (Salliq), Nunavut, Canada, to assess the effectiveness of research communication approaches carried out by the nort…

  • Using Inuit traditional ecological knowledge for detecting and monitoring avian cholera among Common Eiders in the eastern Canadian Arctic

    Open AccessDominique A Henri, Frankie Jean-Gagnon et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2018Cited by: 1

    Henri, D. A., F. Jean-Gagnon, and H. G. Gilchrist. 2018. Using Inuit traditional ecological knowledge for detecting and monitoring avian cholera among Common Eiders in the eastern Canadian Arctic. Ecology and Society 23(1):22. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09289-230122

  • Avian Cholera emergence in Arctic-nesting northern Common Eiders: Using Community-Based, Participatory Surveillance to Delineate Disease Outbreak Patterns and Predict Transmission Risk

    Open AccessSamuel A Iverson, Mark R Forbes et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2016Cited by: 1

    Iverson, S. A., M. R. Forbes, M. Simard, C. Soos, and H. Grant Gilchrist. 2016. Avian Cholera emergence in Arctic-nesting northern Common Eiders: using community-based, participatory surveillance to delineate disease outbreak patterns and predict transmission risk. Ecology and Society 21(4):12.http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08873-210412

  • The Status of Glaucous Gulls Larus hyperboreus in the Circumpolar Arctic

    Open AccessAevar Petersen, David B Irons et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2015

    The entire world population of the Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus breeds in the circumpolar Arctic. Some local populations appear to be declining significanty. In this paper, we summarize the current state of knowledge on Glaucous Gull populations and trends. The total Arctic population is estimated at approximately 171 000 breeding pairs (> 342 000 breeding individuals) distributed among at least 2700 colonies (many not documented). Population …

  • How Wildlife Research Can Be Used to Promote Wider Community Participation in the North

    Open AccessJennifer F Provencher, Matthew McEwan et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2013

    Worldwide, researchers are being asked to better communicate their science to the public (Lubchenco, 1998). In Nunavut, Canada, where dozens of research projects take place each year, community consultation and engagement have been legally mandated by the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (INAC,1993)

  • Incidental Observations of Birds in the Vicinity of Hell Gate Polynya, Nunavut: Species, Timing, and Diversity

    Open AccessAmie L Black, H Grant Gilchrist et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2012

    Our knowledge of the distribution of Arctic birds and how their ranges may be responding to environmental changes in the Canadian Arctic is limited. We gathered five years of species observation data from three sites in the Hell Gate – Cardigan Strait Polynya (Cape Vera, St. Helena Island, and Devil Island) to create an inventory of avian species observed in the polynya, and we compared it to previous observations made at our sites and other site…

  • New Longevity Record for Ivory Gulls ( Pagophila eburnea ) and Evidence of Natal Philopatry

    Open AccessMark L Mallory, K A Allard et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2012

    Ivory gulls (Pagophila eburnea) have been listed as “endangered” in Canada and “near threatened” interna-tionally. In June 2010, we visited Seymour Island, Nunavut, Canada, where gulls were banded in the 1970s and 1980s. We recaptured and released two breeding gulls banded as chicks in 1983, confirming natal philopatry to this breeding colony. These gulls are more than 28 years old, making the ivory gull one of the longest-living marine bird spec…

  • Molting, Staging, and Wintering Locations of Common Eiders Breeding in the Gyrfalcon Archipelago, Ungava Bay

    Open AccessJean-Pierre L Savard, Jean‐Pierre L Savard et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2011

    The northern common eider (Somateria mollissima borealis) has become a source of concern because of recent declines and possible overharvest. Birds that breed in the Canadian mid-Arctic winter in both Greenland and Canada, but the wintering grounds of birds that breed farther south are unknown. Our objectives were thus to identify the molting and wintering areas of birds breeding in Ungava Bay and to compare their home-range sizes during the pre-…

  • Ross’s Gull ( Rhodostethia rosea ) Breeding in Penny Strait, Nunavut, Canada

    Open AccessMark L Mallory, H Grant Gilchrist et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2009

    We found a small, previously undiscovered breeding colony of Ross’s gulls (Rhodostethia rosea) in Nunavut, Canada, approximately 80 km from a previous colony location occupied during the 1970s. The birds nested in association with arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea). The collective observations from this region of the High Arctic suggest that Ross’s gulls may move colonies each year, or that colony occupation is intermittent

  • Sources of Breeding Season Mortality in Canadian Arctic Seabirds

    Open AccessMark L Mallory, Anthony J Gaston et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2009

    In more than 30 years of studies on marine birds in Arctic Canada, we have observed numerous instances of mortality of adults, eggs, and chicks that seem unusual when compared to known sources of mortality for seabirds breeding in temperate or tropical regions. The extreme cold weather and ice conditions of the Arctic might intuitively be expected to be a significant factor in mortality for these Arctic birds. While weather conditions led directl…

  • Status, Trends and Attendance Patterns of the Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis in Nunavut, Canada

    Open AccessAnthony J Gaston, Mark L Mallory et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2009

    Nunavut supports ten breeding colonies of northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis), most of which have rarely been visited on the ground by biologists. During 2000–04, we surveyed six colonies previously thought to support more than 80% of the Canadian Arctic population, which was believed to number about 300 000 breeding pairs. Our counts suggested that the breeding populations of some colonies, especially those at the largest colonies, Cape Searle…

  • Factors Influencing Colony Attendance by Northern Fulmars in the Canadian Arctic

    Open AccessMark L Mallory, Anthony J Gaston et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2009

    The northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) is a common seabird of the North Atlantic Ocean and marine areas of eastern Nunavut. We studied attendance patterns of fulmars at two colonies in the Canadian High Arctic to assess variation in attendance at high latitudes, to compare these patterns to those found for fulmars breeding at colonies to the south, and to determine how weather conditions and breeding status might influence attendance. Colony at…

  • The breeding ecology of ruddy turnstones ( Arenaria interpres ) in the eastern Canadian Arctic

    Open AccessDeborah E Perkins, Paul A Smith et al.ARTICLEPolar Record2007

    In 2002 and 2003, studies were made of the breeding phenology, nesting success, nesting density, and rates of nest predation of ruddy turnstones ( Arenaria interpres ) at East Bay, Southampton Island, Nunavut, Canada. Previous data from East Bay were used to compare nesting chronology and nest success across years. Bird banding data were used to examine migration routes and rates of return. In all years, ruddy turnstones initiated nests within 7 …

  • Local Ecological Knowledge of Ivory Gull Declines in Arctic Canada

    Open AccessMark L Mallory, H Grant Gilchrist et al.ARTICLEARCTIC2003

    We gathered local ecological knowledge (LEK) on the ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea) from residents of three High Arctic communities in eastern Canada. This gull has always been uncommon, but Inuit had suggested that numbers of gulls were declining. LEK from Grise Fiord and Resolute Bay was clear and consistent, indicating that far fewer gulls are currently observed near the community compared to 25 years ago. The LEK from Arctic Bay was less consi…

  • Status of Marine Birds of the Southeastern Beaufort Sea

    Open AccessD Lynne Dickson, H Grant GilchristARTICLEARCTIC2002

    This summary and update of information on the marine birds of the southeastern Beaufort Sea is intended to support discussions on how to improve management of marine resources in the Canadian Beaufort Sea region. Perhaps the most outstanding use of the Beaufort Sea by marine birds is the staging during spring migration by hundreds of thousands of eiders and long-tailed ducks in the early open water off Cape Bathurst and Banks Island. During midsu…

  • Observations of Marine Birds and Mammals Wintering at Polynyas and Ice Edges in the Belcher Islands, Nunavut, Canada

    Open AccessH Grant Gilchrist, Gregory J RobertsonARTICLEARCTIC2000

    In the Belcher Islands, southeast Hudson Bay, Canada, two types of open water exist during winter: 1) large, wind-driven expanses of water along landfast ice edges and 2) recurring polynyas located between small islands (most <10 ha and <15 m deep). In severe winters, only polynyas persist. In March 1998 and 1999, we recorded the species and numbers of birds and marine mammals present at ten polynyas and along four landfast ice edges around the B…

  • Population Trends of Gulls and Arctic Terns Nesting in the Belcher Islands, Nunavut

    Open AccessH Grant Gilchrist, Gregory J RobertsonARTICLEARCTIC1999

    Little information exists on the population trends of gulls and terns nesting in the Arctic. In 1997, we surveyed the number of glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus), herring gull (Larus argentatus), and arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) nests on the Belcher Islands (56°00'-57°30'N, 79°30'-80°00'W). We compared our results with the mean number of nests per island counted in the Belcher Islands in the late 1980s using the same survey methods. The mean n…

  • Evidence of Population Declines among Common Eiders Breeding in the Belcher Islands, Northwest Territories

    Open AccessGregory J Robertson, H Grant GilchristARTICLEARCTIC1998

    Information regarding the status of common eiders, Somateria mollissima, breeding in the Canadian Arctic is sorely lacking. In 1997, we surveyed five island archipelagoes in the Belcher Islands in Hudson Bay (56 00 - 57 30 N, 79 30 - 80 00 W) from 3 to 23 July. Our results were compared with eider surveys of the same islands completed between 1985 and 1989 using a standard protocol. We found 1416 eiders on 431 islands. Most (94.1%) were found whi…