Distribution of breeding shorebirds on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska

Arctic

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-293

  Johnson, James A ^a   Lanctot, Richard B ^a   Andres, Brad A ^b   Bart, Jonathan R ^c   Brown, Stephen C ^d   Kendall, Steven J ^e   Payer, David C ^e  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences   (United States)

^e Arctic National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic; Birds; Breeding shorebirds; Coastal plain; Distribution; North slope

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; COASTAL PLAIN; ECOREGION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VOCALIZATION; WADER;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; BEAUFORT; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 36048964841     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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