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Stopover ecology of Sharp-tailed Sandpipers in Alaska
The sharp-tailed sandpiper has a very special migration strategy, where
adult and juvenile birds migrate different routes in autumn. We studied
the stopover ecology of juvenile birds in Alaska in September 2004 and
2005, in connection with a large Swedish-American ecological expedition
in the Bering Sea area. An important part of the study was to trap birds
to study their fuel deposition. We also radio-tagged birds and followed
their daily movements and length of stay. The results are being written
up.
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Publisher: Department of Biology
Last modified 30 Mar 2012
Åke Lindström
Marcel
Klaassen (Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Centre for Limnology, The
Netherlands)
Bob Gill Jr (Alaska Science Center, US Geological
Survey, Anchorage, Alaska, USA)
Sarah Jamieson (Centre of
Wildlife Ecology, Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Liv Wennerberg
(Buskerud fylkeskommune, Drammen, Norway).
Brian McCaffery
(USFWS, Bethel, USA)
The project was supported by grants from
Alaska Science Center, Anchorage