| Arctic Shorebirds in North America: A Decade of Monitoring Volume 44 Contributor(s): Bart, Jonathan Robert (Editor), Johnston, Victoria Helen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0520273109 ISBN-13: 9780520273108 Publisher: University of California Press OUR PRICE: $84.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Birdwatching Guides - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Ornithology - Nature | Animals - Wildlife |
| Dewey: 598.330 |
| LCCN: 2011048814 |
| Series: Studies in Avian Biology |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 7.2" W x 10" (2.05 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
