TY - BOOK ID - 77890924 TI - Arctic shorebirds in North America : a decade of monitoring AU - Bart, Jonathan. AU - Johnston, Victoria Helen PY - 2012 SN - 1282134183 9786613806765 0520953495 9780520953499 9780520273108 0520273109 9781282134188 6613806765 PB - Berkeley : University of California Press, DB - UniCat KW - Bird surveys KW - Shore birds KW - Avifaunal surveys KW - Bird inventories KW - Ornithological inventories KW - Ornithological surveys KW - Ornithology KW - Vertebrate surveys KW - Beach birds KW - Shorebirds KW - Seashore animals KW - Water birds KW - Methodology KW - arctic ecosystems. KW - arctic habitats. KW - bird population. KW - bird science. KW - bird watchers. KW - birds in the cold. KW - birds in the winter. KW - books about birds. KW - books for animal lovers. KW - conservation of birds. KW - distractions for kids. KW - educational books. KW - environment books. KW - environmental ecosystem. KW - head south for the winter. KW - home school science books. KW - interesting books. KW - leisure reads. KW - life sciences. KW - nature lovers. KW - ornithology. KW - passion books. KW - planet earth lovers. KW - shorebirds. KW - vacation books. KW - wildlife. KW - winter habitats. KW - zoology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77890924 AB - Each year shorebirds from North and South America migrate thousands of miles to spend the summer in the Arctic. There they feed in shoreline marshes and estuaries along some of the most productive and pristine coasts anywhere. With so much available food they are able to reproduce almost explosively; and as winter approaches, they retreat south along with their offspring, to return to the Arctic the following spring. This remarkable pattern of movement and activity has been the object of intensive study by an international team of ornithologists who have spent a decade counting, surveying, and observing these shorebirds. In this important synthetic work, they address multiple questions about these migratory bird populations. How many birds occupy Arctic ecosystems each summer? How long do visiting shorebirds linger before heading south? How fecund are these birds? Where exactly do they migrate and where exactly do they return? Are their populations growing or shrinking? The results of this study are crucial for better understanding how environmental policies will influence Arctic habitats as well as the far-ranging winter habitats used by migratory shorebirds. ER -