Distribution and Community Characteristics of Staging Shorebirds on the Northern Coast of Alaska

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Taylor, Audrey R., Lanctot, Richard B., Powell, Abby N., Huettmann, Falk, Nigro, Debora A., Kendall, Steven J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2010
• Subjects: shorebird; postbreeding; staging; distribution; community composition; phenology; habitat selection; aerial survey; climate change; industrial development; Arctic Coastal Plain; Alaska; oiseau de rivage; post-reproduction; halte migratoire; répartition; composition de la population; phénologie; sélection de l’habitat; levé aérien; changement climatique; développement industriel; plaine côtière de l’Arctique; Arctic; Bay Point; Cape Halkett; Cape Simpson; Chukchi Sea; Gravier; Mer de Beaufort; Smith Bay; Avian Studies; Barrow; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Climate change; Mer des Tchouktches; Peard Bay; Point Barrow; Tchouktche*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66385

Avian studies conducted in the 1970s on Alaska’s Arctic Coastal Plain (ACP) indicated that coastal littoral habitats are important to Arctic-breeding shorebirds for staging prior to fall migration. However, relatively little recent, broad-scale, or quantitative information exists on shorebird use of...