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University of California Press
- Arctic Shorebirds in North America: A Decade of Monitoring
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: University of California Press
- Series: Studies in Avian Biology
summary
Each year shorebirds from North and South America migrate thousands of miles to spend the summer in the Arctic. There they feed in shoreline marshes and estuaries along some of the most productive and pristine coasts anywhere. With so much available food they are able to reproduce almost explosively; and as winter approaches, they retreat south along with their offspring, to return to the Arctic the following spring. This remarkable pattern of movement and activity has been the object of intensive study by an international team of ornithologists who have spent a decade counting, surveying, and observing these shorebirds. In this important synthetic work, they address multiple questions about these migratory bird populations. How many birds occupy Arctic ecosystems each summer? How long do visiting shorebirds linger before heading south? How fecund are these birds? Where exactly do they migrate and where exactly do they return? Are their populations growing or shrinking? The results of this study are crucial for better understanding how environmental policies will influence Arctic habitats as well as the far-ranging winter habitats used by migratory shorebirds.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Contributors
- pp. vii-viii
- Part I: Introduction
- 1. GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
- pp. 3-8
- 2. METHODS
- pp. 9-16
- Part II: Regional Reports
- 4. NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA
- pp. 37-96
- 5. YUKON NORTH SLOPE AND MACKENZIE DELTA
- pp. 97-112
- 6. SOUTHAMPTON AND COATS ISLANDS
- pp. 113-126
- 8. SMALL-SCALE AND RECONNAISSANCE SURVEYS
- pp. 141-156
- Part III: Methodology
- 10. SURVEY METHODS FOR WHIMBREL
- pp. 177-184
- 11. TIER 2 SURVEYS
- pp. 185-194
- 13. DESIGN OF FUTURE SURVEYS
- pp. 201-210
- Part IV: Synthesis
- 14. SUMMARY
- pp. 213-238
- 15. PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE PRISM SURVEYS
- pp. 239-244
- Appendix B: Regional density estimates
- pp. 253-260
- Literature Cited
- pp. 265-278
- Complete Series List
- pp. 301-302
Additional Information
ISBN
9780520953499
Related ISBN(s)
9780520273108
MARC Record
OCLC
801363593
Pages
320
Launched on MUSE
2014-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No