Evaluating the Potential Impact of a Gas Pipeline on Whimbrel Breeding Habitat in the Outer Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories

• Published in: Avian Conservation and Ecology
• Main Authors: Lisa D. Pirie, Charles M. Francis, Victoria H. Johnston
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Resilience Alliance 2009
• Subjects: breeding ecology; breeding habitat; gas pipeline; IKONOS; Numenius phaeopus; predictive habitat modeling; remote sensing; supervised classification; Plant culture; SB1-1110; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Plant ecology; QK900-989; Northwest Territories; Mackenzie Delta; Fish Islands; Whimbrel
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-00298-040202; https://doaj.org/article/bb5f64f9ba89414590dabba77fe7e01e

We used ground surveys to identify breeding habitat for Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) in the outer Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, and to test the value of high-resolution IKONOS imagery for mapping additional breeding habitat in the Delta. During ground surveys, we found Whimbrel nests (n =...