Wildlife Research

CWS conducts research on a wide variety of wildlife topics, particularly migratory birds. Its research provides the science base for conservation actions.

Find out more about CWS studies and programs by visiting the sites listed below:

Main Websites

• National Wildlife Research Centre (NWRC)

Particular Programs or Publications

• A passion for wildlife: A history of the Canadian Wildlife Service, 1947-1997 and selected publications from work by the Canadian Wildlife Service
• Biochemical Methods to Determine Cholinesterase Activity in Wildlife Exposed to Pesticides
• Bird Trends - Landbirds
• Bird Trends - Raptors
• Bird Trends - Seabirds
• Bird Trends - Shorebirds
• Birds Trends Newsletters
• Canadian Atlas of Bird Banding - Volume 1: Doves, Cuckoos, and Hummingbirds through Passerines, 1921-1995
• Canadian Breeding Bird (Mapping) Census Database
• Canadian Breeding Bird Survey, 1967-1998
• Canadian Breeding Bird Survey, 1967-2000
• CWS contributions to scientific journals
• Incidence of lead shot in Canada Geese taken during the spring subsistence hunt on the eastern shore of James Bay
• Lead fishing sinkers and jigs in Canada: Review of their use patterns and toxic impacts on wildlife
• Methods for the Determination of Metals in Wildlife Tissues Using Various Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry Techniques
• Migratory Bird Populations Division
• Multiresidue Method for the Determination of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins, Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans and Non-ortho Substituted Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Wildlife Tissue by HRGC/HRMS
• RATL: A Database of Reptile and Amphibian Toxicology Literature
• Seabirds of the Russian Far East
• Standardizing and interpreting nesting records for Great Blue Herons in British Columbia
• Use of the comet assay to assess genotoxicity in mammalian, avian, and amphibian species
• Wildlife conservation genetics
• Wildlife Toxicology Division

Regional websites

• Contaminants in Herring Gull Eggs from the Great Lakes: 25 Years of Monitoring Levels and Effects (Ontario Region)
• Ecotoxicology (Quebec Region)
• Environmental Indicators (Pacific and Yukon Region)
• Find the Scientists (Pacific and Yukon Region)
• Mercury in Loons (Atlantic Region)
• Migratory Bird Conservation (Pacific and Yukon Region)
• Research Programs (Atlantic Region)