Arctic Shorebirds in North America : a Decade of Monitoring

318 Pages·2012·31.18 MB·English

by  Jonathan Robert Bart

ARCTIC SHOREBIRDS
NORTH AMERICA
in
A Decade of Monitoring
Jonathan Bart and Victoria Johnston, Editors
Paul A. Smith and Jennie Rausch, Associate Editors
Studies in Avian Biology No. 44
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ARCTIC SHOREBIRDS
NORTH AMERICA
in
A Decade of Monitoring
Jonathan Bart and Victoria Johnston, Editors
Paul A. Smith and Jennie Rausch, Associate Editors
Studies in Avian Biology No. 44
A PUBLICATION OF THE COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
University of California Press
Berkeley Los Angeles London
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Arctic shorebirds in North America : a decade of monitoring /
Jonathan Bart and Victoria Johnston, editors.
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ISBN 978-0-520-27310-8 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Shore birds—Canada, Northern. 2. Shore birds—Alaska.
3. Bird surveys—Canada, Northern. 4. Bird surveys—Alaska.
I. Bart, Jonathan. II. Johnston, Victoria Helen, 1962-
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Cover image: White-rumped Sandpiper, in Nunavut, Canada. Photo by Jeffrey
and Lisa-Jo van den Scott.

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CONTENTS
Contributors / vii 7 • PRINCE CHARLES, AIR FORCE, AND BAFFIN
ISLANDS / 127
Foreword / ix
Victoria Johnston and Paul A. Smith
Susan K. Skagen, Paul A. Smith, Brad A.
Andres, Garry Donaldson, and Stephen 8 • SMALL-SCALE AND RECONNAISSANCE
Brown SURVEYS / 141
Jonathan Bart, Brad A. Andres,
Kyle H. Elliott, Charles M. Francis,
Part I • Introduction
Victoria Johnston, R. I. G. Morrison,
Elin P. Pierce, and Jennie Rausch
1 • GOALS AND OBJECTIVES / 3
Victoria Johnston and Jonathan Bart
Part III • Methodology
2 • METHODS / 9
Jonathan Bart, Victoria Johnston,
Paul A. Smith, Ann Manning, 9 • AERIAL SURVEYS: A WORTHWHILE ADD-ON
Jennie Rausch, and Stephen Brown TO PRISM SURVEYS, ESPECIALLY IN THE
INTERIOR / 159
Kyle H. Elliott and Paul A. Smith
Part II • Regional Reports
10 • SURVEY METHODS FOR WHIMBREL / 177
Lisa Pirie and Victoria Johnston
3 • SHOREBIRD SURVEYS IN WESTERN ALASKA / 19
Brian J. McCaffery, Jonathan Bart, 11 • TIER 2 SURVEYS / 185
Lisa Pirie, Victoria Johnston,
Catherine Wightman, and David J. Krueper
and Paul A. Smith
4 • NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA / 37
Jonathan Bart, Stephen Brown, 12 • ARCTIC PRISM TIER 3: PROGRESS NOTES FROM
Brad A. Andres, Robert Platte, THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES–NUNAVUT BIRD
CHECKLIST SURVEY / 195
and Ann Manning
Lindsay A. Armer, Craig S. Machtans,
5 • YUKON NORTH SLOPE AND MACKENZIE DELTA / 97 and Brian T. Collins
Jennie Rausch and Victoria Johnston
13 • DESIGN OF FUTURE SURVEYS / 201
6 • SOUTHAMPTON AND COATS ISLANDS / 113 Jonathan Bart and Paul A. Smith
Paul A. Smith, Victoria Johnston,
and Jennie Rausch
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Part IV • Synthesis Online Content
14 • SUMMARY / 213 Chapter 1 and abstracts for the remaining
Jonathan Bart and Paul A. Smith chapters are available online in French and
Spanish from the University of California
15 • PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE PRISM SURVEYS / 239
Press website, www.ucpress.edu/go/sab.
Jonathan Bart, Victoria Johnston,
Jennie Rausch, Paul A. Smith, Chapitre 1 et résumés pour les chapitres
and Brian J. McCaffery suivants sont disponibles en français et
Appendix A Other methods for estimating espagnol à l’adresse internet de la Presse de
trends of arctic birds / 245 l’Université de Californie, www.ucpress.edu/
go/sab.
Jonathan Bart, Stephen Brown,
R. I. G. Morrison, and Paul A. Smith El capítulo 1 y resúmenes de los capítulos
restantes están disponibles en línea en español
Appendix B Regional density
estimates / 253 y francés en la página web de la Prensa de la
Universidad de California, www.ucpress.edu/
Appendix C Common, scientifi c, and
go/sab.
abbreviated names for species included
in the volume / 261
Literature Cited / 265
Index / 279
Complete Series List / 301
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CONTRIBUTORS
BRAD A. ANDRES GARRY DONALDSON
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Canadian Wildlife Service
P.O. Box 25486, DFC Environment Canada
Denver, CO 80225-0486, USA 351 St. Joseph Boulevard
[email protected] Gatineau, QC K1A 0H3, Canada
[email protected]
LINDSAY A. ARMER
Environment and Conservation KYLE H. ELLIOTT
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Department of Biology
4914 –50 Street, 10th Floor Bellanca Building University of Manitoba
P.O. Box 1500 Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2R3, Canada [email protected]
[email protected]
CHARLES M. FRANCIS
JONATHAN BART National Wildlife Research Centre
U.S. Geological Survey Canadian Wildlife Service
Forest and Rangelands Ecosystem Science Center Environment Canada
970 Lusk Street 1125 Colonel By Drive
Boise, ID 83706, USA Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3, Canada
[email protected] [email protected]
STEPHEN BROWN VICTORIA JOHNSTON
Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences Environment Canada
P.O. Box 1770 P.O. Box 2310
Manomet, MA 02345, USA 5019–52 Street, 4th Floor
[email protected] Yellowknife, NT X1A 2P7, Canada
[email protected]
BRIAN T. COLLINS
National Wildlife Research Centre DAVID J. KRUEPER
Canadian Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Environment Canada Migratory Bird Program
1125 Colonel By Drive P. O. Box 1306
Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3, Canada Albuquerque, NM 87103, USA
[email protected] [email protected]
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CRAIG S. MACHTANS ROBERT PLATTE
Canadian Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Environment Canada Migratory Bird Management
P.O. Box 2310 1011 East Tudor Road
5019–52 Street, 4th Floor Anchorage, AK 99503-6199, USA
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2P7, Canada [email protected]
[email protected]
JENNIE RAUSCH
ANN MANNING Canadian Wildlife Service
U.S. Geological Survey Environment Canada
Forest and Rangelands Ecosystem Science Center P.O. Box 2310
970 Lusk Street 5019–52 Street, 4th Floor
Boise, ID 83706, USA Yellowknife, NT X1A 2P7, Canada
(Current address: [email protected]
520 East Ash Street,
Caldwell, ID 83605, USA, SUSAN K. SKAGEN
[email protected]) U.S. Geological Survey
Fort Collins Science Center
BRIAN J. MCCAFFERY 2150 Center Avenue, Building C
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fort Collins, CO 80526-8118, USA
Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge [email protected]
P.O. Box 346
Bethel, AK 99559, USA PAUL A. SMITH
[email protected] Smith and Associates Ecological
Research Ltd.
R. I. G. MORRISON 772 – 7th Conc South
National Wildlife Research Centre Pakenham, ON K0A 2X0, Canada
Canadian Wildlife Service [email protected]
Environment Canada
1125 Colonel By Drive CATHERINE WIGHTMAN
Ottawa, ON K1A 0H3, Canada Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks
[email protected] 1420 East Sixth Avenue
P.O. Box 200701
ELIN P. PIERCE Helena, MT 59620-0701, USA
1134 Santa Luisa Drive [email protected]
Solana Beach, CA 92075, USA
[email protected]
LISA PIRIE
Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
P.O. Box 1714
Qimugjuk Building 969
Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0, Canada
[email protected]
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