{"product_id":"arctic-shorebirds-in-north-america-9780520273108","title":"Arctic Shorebirds in North America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach year shorebirds from North and South America migrate thousands of miles to spend the summer in the Arctic. There they feed in shoreline marshes and estuaries along some of the most productive and pristine coasts anywhere. With so much available food they are able to reproduce almost explosively; and as winter approaches, they retreat south along with their offspring, to return to the Arctic the following spring. This remarkable pattern of movement and activity has been the object of intensive study by an international team of ornithologists who have spent a decade counting, surveying, and observing these shorebirds. In this important synthetic work, they address multiple questions about these migratory bird populations. How many birds occupy Arctic ecosystems each summer? How long do visiting shorebirds linger before heading south? How fecund are these birds? Where exactly do they migrate and where exactly do they return? Are their populations growing or shrinking? The results of this study are crucial for better understanding how environmental policies will influence Arctic habitats as well as the far-ranging winter habitats used by migratory shorebirds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This volume represents a major milestone for the monitoring of wader populations... It will serve as a point of reference.\" -- Graham Austin Brit Trust Ornithology (Bto) \"A massive coordinated effort to gain a robust understanding of population dynamics and trends of arctic nesting shorebirds... Highly recommended.\" -- J. C. Kricher, Wheaton College (MA) Choice \"This clearly written and well-edited volume...is chalk full of data and contains more complete and nuanced discussions about what those data mean than one would find in equivalent journal articles.\" -- Chris S. Elphick The Quarterly Review of Biology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword Susan K. Skagen, Paul A. Smith, Brad Andres, Garry Donaldson and Stephen Brown  Part 1: Introduction  1.  GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Victoria Johnston and Jonathan Bart  2.  METHODS Jonathan Bart, Victoria Johnston, Paul A. Smith, Ann Manning, Jennie Rausch and Stephen Brown   Part 2: Regional Reports  3.  SHOREBIRD SURVEYS IN WESTERN ALASKA Brian J. McCaffery, Jonathan Bart, Catherine Wightman and David Krueper  4.  NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA Jonathan Bart, Stephen Brown, Brad Andres, Robert Platte and Ann Manning  5.  YUKON NORTH SLOPE AND MACKENZIE DELTA Jennie Rausch and Victoria Johnston  6.  SOUTHAMPTON AND COATS ISLANDS Paul A. Smith, Victoria Johnston and Jennie Rausch  7.  PRINCE CHARLES, AIR FORCE, AND BAFFIN ISLANDS Victoria Johnston and Paul A. Smith  8.  SMALL-SCALE AND RECONNAISSANCE SURVEYS Jonathan Bart, Brad A. Andres, Kyle Elliott, Charles M. Francis, Victoria Johnston, R.I.G. Morrison, Elin P. Pierce and Jennie Rausch   Part 3: Methodology  9.  AERIAL SURVEYS: A WORTHWHILE ADD-ON TO PRISM SURVEYS, ESPECIALLY IN THE INTERIOR? Kyle H. Elliott and Paul A. Smith  10.  SURVEY METHODS FOR WHIMBREL Lisa Pirie and Victoria Johnston  11.  TIER 2 SURVEYS Lisa Pirie, Victoria Johnston and Paul A. Smith  12.  ARCTIC PRISM TIER 3 - PROGRESS NOTES FROM THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES-NUNAVUT BIRD CHECKLIST SURVEY Lindsay A. Armer, Craig S. Machtans and Brian T. Collins  13.  DESIGN OF FUTURE SURVEYS Jonathan Bart and Paul A. Smith  Part 4: Synthesis  14.  SUMMARY Jonathan Bart and Paul A. Smith  15.  PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE PRISM SURVEYS Jonathan Bart, Victoria Johnston, Jennie Rausch, Paul A. Smith and Brian McCaffery  16.  LITERATURE CITED   Appendices  A.  OTHER METHODS FOR ESTIMATING TRENDS OF ARCTIC BIRDS Jonathan Bart, Stephen Brown, R. I. Guy Morrison and Paul A. Smith  B.  REGIONAL DENSITY ESTIMATES  C.  COMMON, SCIENTIFIC AND ABBREVIATED NAMES FOR SPECIES INCLUDED IN THE VOLUME   Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402857357655,"sku":"9780520273108","price":60.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520273108.jpg?v=1730481697","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/arctic-shorebirds-in-north-america-9780520273108","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}