Arctic shorebirds in North America : a decade of monitoring / Jonathan Bart and Victoria Johnston, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bart, Jonathan.

Johnston, Victoria Helen, 1962-

Series:

Studies in avian biology ; no. 44.

Studies in avian biology ; no. 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shore birds--Canada, Northern.

Shore birds.

Shore birds--Alaska.

Bird surveys--Canada, Northern.

Bird surveys.

Bird surveys--Alaska.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

pt. 1. Introduction

pt. 2. Regional aspects

pt. 3. Methodology

pt. 4. Synthesis.

Notes:

"A publication of the Cooper Ornithological Society."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786613806765

9781282134188

1282134183

9780520953499

0520953495

OCLC:

801363593