Arctic Shorebirds in North America : A Decade of Monitoring

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bart, Jonathan
Otros Autores: Johnston, Victoria Helen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Shore birds.
Bird surveys.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
Oiseaux > Inventaires > Alaska.
Oiseaux > Inventaires > Canada (Nord)
Oiseaux de rivage > Alaska.
Oiseaux de rivage > Canada (Nord)
Bird surveys > Alaska.
Bird surveys > Canada, Northern.
Shore birds > Alaska.
Shore birds > Canada, Northern.
Northern Canada.
Alaska.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9780520953499

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