Breeding ecology of birds at teshekpuk lake: A key habitat site on the arctic coastal plain of Alaska

Arctic

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-44

  Liebezeit, J R ^a   White, G C ^a   Zack, S ^b  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Coastal Plain; Lapland longspur; National Petroleum Reserve Alaska; Nest density; Nest diversity; Nest survivorship; Shorebirds; Teshekpuk Lake Special Area

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL PLAIN; DATA ACQUISITION; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NEST STRUCTURE; OIL FIELD; PASSERINE; SURVIVAL; TUNDRA; VULNERABILITY; WADER;

ALASKA; NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE; PRUDHOE BAY; TESHEKPUK LAKE; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CALCARIUS; CALCARIUS LAPPONICUS; CALIDRIS PUSILLA; CAREX AQUATILIS; LIMNODROMUS SCOLOPACEUS;

EID: 79952858089     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4078     Document Type: Article

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