Birds of Nuvagapak Point, Northeastern Alaska
Fifty-two bird species were observed between 12 June and 4 July 1970 in the coastal plain near Nuvagapak Point, northeastern Alaska. Habitat preferences were studied. Nesting was established or seemed probable in 25 species, and a further 5 may have been breeding. Among these were 2 species of Gavii...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65967 2023-05-15T14:19:19+02:00 Birds of Nuvagapak Point, Northeastern Alaska Andersson, Malte 1973-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65967 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65967/49881 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65967 ARCTIC; Vol. 26 No. 3 (1973): September: 177–268; 186-197 1923-1245 0004-0843 Active layer info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1973 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:54Z Fifty-two bird species were observed between 12 June and 4 July 1970 in the coastal plain near Nuvagapak Point, northeastern Alaska. Habitat preferences were studied. Nesting was established or seemed probable in 25 species, and a further 5 may have been breeding. Among these were 2 species of Gaviiformes, 7 Anseriformes, 16 Charadriiformes, and 2 Passeriformes. Most birds were associated with some form of surface waters. Among the 8 predators, 6 were largely rodent hunters. Between mid June and early July, these species decreased markedly in abundance together with brown lemmings. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Alaska University of Calgary Journal Hosting ARCTIC 26 3 |
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Fifty-two bird species were observed between 12 June and 4 July 1970 in the coastal plain near Nuvagapak Point, northeastern Alaska. Habitat preferences were studied. Nesting was established or seemed probable in 25 species, and a further 5 may have been breeding. Among these were 2 species of Gaviiformes, 7 Anseriformes, 16 Charadriiformes, and 2 Passeriformes. Most birds were associated with some form of surface waters. Among the 8 predators, 6 were largely rodent hunters. Between mid June and early July, these species decreased markedly in abundance together with brown lemmings. |
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