Effects of seismic lines on the abundance of breeding birds in the Kendall Island Bird Sanctuary, Northwest Territories, Canada

Arctic

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 190-198

  Ashenhurst, Amber R ^a   Hannon, Susan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic birds; Kendall Island Bird Sanctuary; Oil and gas development; Seismic exploration; Seismic lines

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BREEDING POPULATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; ISLAND; PASSERINE; SEISMICITY; TERRITORY; TUNDRA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; KENDALL ISLAND BIRD SANCTUARY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

AMMODRAMUS SANDWICHENSIS; AVES; CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS; CARDUELIS FLAMMEA; PASSERCULUS SANDWICHENSIS; PHALAROPUS LOBATUS; SPIZELLA ARBOREA;

EID: 46749108460     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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