Migration Patterns of Tundra Birds: Tracking Radar Observations along the Northeast Passage

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Alerstam, Thomas, Gudmundsson, Gudmundur A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1999
• Subjects: Arctic Ocean; bird flight; bird migration; Northeast Passage; orientation; radar; Siberia; océan Arctique; vol d’oiseau; migration d’oiseaux; passage du Nord-Est; Sibérie; Arctic; Taymyr; Arctique*; Océan Arctique; Passage du Nord-Est; Pomarine Skua; Stercorarius pomarinus; Taymyr Peninsula; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63997

Bird migration was recorded by tracking radar and visual observations at 15 study sites, situated between 50°E and 170°E along the Northeast Passage, during a ship-based expedition in July and August 1994. A total of 1087 radar tracks (average duration 220 s) of bird flocks on postbreeding migration...