Effects of a diamond mine on tundra-breeding birds

Arctic

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 295-304

  Smith, Adam C ^a   Virgl, John A ^a   Panayi, Damian ^a   Armstrong, Allison R ^b  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^b BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density; Diamond mine; Diversity; Mining; Monitoring; Ptarmigan; Richness; Shorebirds; Songbirds; Tundra

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; MINING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TUNDRA;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; PASSERI;

EID: 27144500930     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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