Arctic Shorebirds in North America: A Decade of Monitoring (Volume 44) (Studies in Avian Biology)

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. Goals And Objectives / Victoria Johnston And Jonathan Bart -- Methods / Jonathan Bart ... [et Al.] -- Shorebird Surveys In Western Alaska / Brian J. Mccaffrey ... [et Al.] -- North Slope Of Alaska / Jonathan Bart ... [et Al.] -- Yukon North Slope And Mackenzie Delta / Jennie Rausch And Victoria Johnston -- Southampton And Coats Islands / Paul A. Smtih, Victoria Johnston, And Jennie Rausch -- Prince Charles, Air Force, And Baffin Islands / Victoria Johnston And Paul A. Smith -- Small-scale And Reconnaissance Surveys / Jonathan Bart ... [et Al.] -- Aerial Surveys : A Worthwhile Add-on To Prism Surveys, Especially In The Interior / Kyle H. Elliott And Paul A. Smith -- Survey Methods For Whimbrel / Lisa Pirie And Victoria Johnston -- Tier 2 Surveys / Lisa Pirie, Victoria Johnston, And Paul A. Smith -- Arctic Prism Tier 3 : Progress Notes From The Northwest Territories-nunavut Bird Checklist Survey / Lindsay A. Armer, Craig S. Machtans, And Brian T. Collins -- Design Of Future Surveys / Jonathan Bart And Paul A. Smith -- Summary / Jonathan Bart And Paul A. Smith -- Priorities For Future Prism Surveys / Jonathan Bart ... [et Al.] -- Appendix A: Other Methods For Estimating Trends Of Arctic Birds / Jonathan Bart ... [et Al.] -- Appendix B: Regional Density Estimates -- Appendix C: Common, Scientific, And Abbreviated Names For Species Included In The Volume. Jonathan Bart And Victoria Johnston, Editors ; Paul A. Smith And Jennie Rausch, Associate Editors. A Publication Of The Cooper Ornithological Society. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Content: 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.