Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canada Research Chairs Program, the Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, the Northern Scientific Training Program, the Polar Continental Shelf Project, POLAR Canada, the Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence (ArcticNet), the Government of Ontario, the University of Windsor and the Arctic Institute of North America for logistical support, research and/or personal funding. We would also like to thank the snow bunting field teams at Alert, Utqiagvik, Mitivik Island, Svalbard, Aleutian Islands, and Pribilof Islands for their help in sample collection. We thank Stacey McIntyre and Calvin Kellendonk for their valuable assistance during early stages of this project.
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