Radar Observations of Arctic Bird Migration in the Beringia Region

• Main Authors: Hedenström, Anders, Alerstam, Thomas, Bäckman, Johan, Gudmundsson, G. A., Henningsson, Sara, Karlsson, Håkan, Rosén, Mikael, Strandberg, Roine
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; speed; flight; flight altitude; Beringia; migration; Arctic birds; bird flight; orientation; great circle; radar; Arctic; Chukchi Sea; Bering Strait; Canada; Wrangel Island; Barrow; Chukchi; Point Barrow; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1401241

Bird migration was recorded by tracking radar and visual observations in the Beringia region. The data were subdivided into seven areas extending from north of Wrangel Island southeastward toward the Bering Strait and then northwestward off the coast of Alaska to Point Barrow. The studies, which too...