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Title Boreal Birds of North America : a Hemispheric View of Their Conservation Links and Significance / Jeffrey V. Wells, editor
Published Berkeley [Calif.] : University of California Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 136 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Studies in avian biology ; no. 41
Studies in avian biology ; no. 41
Contents Boreal forest threats and conservation status -- Global role for sustaining bird populations -- Waterfowl conservation planning: science needs and approaches -- Breeding distribution and ecology of Pacific Coast surf scoters -- Geospatial modeling of abundance with breeding bird atlas data -- The boreal landbird component of migrant bird communities in eastern North America -- Boreal migrants in winter bird communities -- Important bird areas as wintering sites for boreal migrants in the tropical Andes -- Understanding declines in rusty blackbirds
Summary "Reaching from interior Alaska across Canada to Labrador and Newfoundland, North America's boreal forest is the largest wilderness area left on the planet. It is critical habitat for billions of birds; more than 300 species regularly breed there. After the breeding season, many boreal birds migrate to seasonal habitats across the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. This volume brings together new research on boreal bird biology and conservation. It highlights the importance of the region to the global avifauna and to the connectivity between the boreal forest and ecoregions throughout the Americas. The contributions showcase a unique set of perspectives on the migration, wintering ecology, and conservation of bird communities that are tied to the boreal forest in ways that may not have been previously considered."--Publisher
Notes "A publication of the Cooper Ornithological Society."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Forest birds -- Canada
Forest birds -- Alaska
Birds -- Ecology -- North America
Taiga ecology -- North America
NATURE -- Environmental Conservation & Protection.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ornithology.
Birds -- Ecology
Forest birds
Taiga ecology
Alaska
Canada
North America
Form Electronic book
Author Wells, Jeffrey V. (Jeffrey Vance), 1964-
LC no. 2011028666
ISBN 9780520950580
0520950585
1283289547
9781283289542
9786613289544
661328954X