Use of Landsat TM Imagery in Determining Important Shorebird Habitat in the Outer Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Gratto-Trevor, C.L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1996
• Subjects: shorebirds; Landsat TM; Mackenzie Delta; habitat; oiseaux de rivage; TM Landsat; delta du Mackenzie; Arctic; Gravier; Northwest Territories; Numenius phaeopus; Phalaropus lobatus; Pluvier doré; Territoires du Nord-Ouest; toundra; Tundra; Whimbrel
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64234

Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) imagery was examined to determine important habitats for shorebirds in the outer Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories. In June and July 1991 and 1992, 89 ground plots (200 X 200 m) in different habitats were censused for breeding shorebirds. Habitat type in ground plot...