Radar Observations of Arctic Bird Migration in the Beringia Region

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Hedenström, A., Alerstam, T., Bäckman, J., Gudmundsson, G. A., Henningsson, S., Karlsson, H., Rosén, M., Strandberg, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: Arctic birds; bird flight; migration; Beringia; flight altitude; flight speed; orientation; great circle; radar; oiseaux de l’Arctique; vol d’oiseau; Béringie; altitude de vol; vitesse de vol; grand cercle; Arctic; Bering Strait; Canada; Chukchi Sea; Wrangel Island; Barrow; Chukchi; Détroit de Béring; Mer des Tchouktches; Point Barrow; Tchouktche*; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63174

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...