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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_21827_14095122.1198189038775 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Of course it would. Those data were not available to me, so I just used the square kilometres for a rough idea. On 20/12/2007, Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > > Hi all: > Since kingfisher nesting and foraging habitat, i.e. the edges of > streams and lakes, is highly linear, wouldn't it be more useful to measure > this species' density or population in individuals per km and not per square > km? > Dusan Soudek > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Sent:* Thursday, December 20, 2007 9:40 AM > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Too many kingfishers in Nova Scotia?? > > > Actually, that's only 1 kingfisher for every 3.3 square kilometres of NS, > or one pair per 6.6 square kilometres. Now I realize that there's a lot of > unsuitable kingfisher habitat, but as a gut feeling, I wouldn't say that > number is exhorbitantly high. But I'm no kingfisher expert...this is just a > gut feeling. I do think it's high, but not a lot. > > > -- Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_21827_14095122.1198189038775 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Of course it would. Those data were not available to me, so I just used the square kilometres for a rough idea.<br><br> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 20/12/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dusan Soudek</b> <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div>Hi all:</div> <div> Since kingfisher nesting and foraging habitat, i.e. the edges of streams and lakes, is highly linear, wouldn't it be more useful to measure this species' density or population in individuals per km and not per square km? </div> <div> Dusan Soudek</div> <div> </div> <blockquote style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial"><b>From:</b> Randy Lauff </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 20, 2007 9:40 AM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] Too many kingfishers in Nova Scotia??</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Actually, that's only 1 kingfisher for every 3.3 square kilometres of NS, or one pair per 6.6 square kilometres. Now I realize that there's a lot of unsuitable kingfisher habitat, but as a gut feeling, I wouldn't say that number is exhorbitantly high. But I'm no kingfisher expert...this is just a gut feeling. I do think it's high, but not a lot. </div> <div> </div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS. ------=_Part_21827_14095122.1198189038775--
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