Avian mortality associated with a volcanic gas seep at Kiska Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

• Published in: The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
• Main Authors: Bond, Alexander L., Evans, William C., Jones, Ian L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Kiska; Kiska Island; Kiska Volcano; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/en/publications/cff1b721-66af-4bf4-9682-03cd4c30b89f; https://doi.org/10.1676/11-062.1; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84858116041&partnerID=8YFLogxK; http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84858116041&partnerID=8YFLogxK

We identified natural pits associated with avian mortality at the base of Kiska Volcano in the western Aleutian Islands, Alaska in 2007. Living, moribund, and dead birds were regularly found at low spots in a canyon between two lava flows during 2001-2006, but the phenomenon was attributed to natura...