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
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bart, Jonathan
Otros Autores: Johnston, Victoria Helen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Colección:Studies in avian biology.
Temas:
Shore birds > Canada, Northern.
Shore birds > Alaska.
Bird surveys > Canada, Northern.
Bird surveys > Alaska.
Oiseaux de rivage > Canada (Nord)
Oiseaux de rivage > Alaska.
Oiseaux > Inventaires > Canada (Nord)
Oiseaux > Inventaires > Alaska.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
Bird surveys
Shore birds
Alaska
Northern Canada
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arctic habitats.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Part I: Introduction; 1 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES; 2 METHODS; Part II: Regional Reports; 3 SHOREBIRD SURVEYS IN WESTERN ALASKA; 4 NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA; 5 YUKON NORTH SLOPE AND MACKENZIE DELTA; 6 SOUTHAMPTON AND COATS ISLANDS; 7 PRINCE CHARLES, AIR FORCE, AND BAFFIN ISLANDS; 8 SMALL-SCALE AND RECONNAISSANCE SURVEYS; Part III: Methodology; 9 AERIAL SURVEYS: A WORTHWHILE ADD-ON TO PRISM SURVEYS, ESPECIALLY IN THE INTERIOR; 10 SURVEY METHODS FOR WHIMBREL; 11 TIER 2 SURVEYS.
  • 12 ARCTIC PRISM TIER 3: PROGRESS NOTES FROM THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES-NUNAVUT BIRD CHECKLIST SURVEY13 DESIGN OF FUTURE SURVEYS; Part IV: Synthesis; 14 SUMMARY; 15 PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE PRISM SURVEYS; Appendix A: Other methods for estimating trends of arctic birds; Appendix B: Regional density estimates; Appendix C: Common, scientific, and abbreviated names for species included in the volume; Literature Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Complete Series List.

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