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Elphick, C. S., and T. L. Tibbitts.  1998.  Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca).  In The Birds of North America, No. 355 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.).  The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Foin, T. C., E. J. Garcia, R. E. Gill, Jr., S. D. Culberson, and J. N. Collins.  1997.  Recovery strategies for the California Clapper Rail (Rallus longirostris obsoletus) in the heavily-urbanized San Francisco estuarine ecosystem. Landscape and Urban Planning 38:229–243.

Gill, R. E., Jr. 1986.  What won’t turnstones eat?  British Birds 79:402–403.

Gill, R. E., Jr.  1996.  Alaska shorebirds: status and conservation measures at a terminus of the East Asian-Australasian flyway.  Pp. 21–42 in D. R. Wells and T. Mundkur, (eds.), Conservation of migratory waterbirds and their wetland habitats in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.  Wetlands International-Asia Pacific, Kuala Lumpur, Publication No. 116, and International Waterfowl and Wetlands Research Bureau-Japan Committee, Tokyo.

Gill, R. E., Jr.  1997.  Rock Sandpipers wintering in Cook Inlet, Alaska.  Field Notes 51:786–787.

Gill, R. E., Jr.  1998.  Trouble in Paradise:  The Bristle-thighed Curlew.  WWF Arctic Bulletin 3:12–13.

Gill, R. E., Jr., R. W. Butler, P. S. Tomkovich, T. Mundkur, and C. M. Handel.  1994.  Conservation of north Pacific shorebirds.  Transactions of the North American Natural Resource Conference. 59:63–78.

Gill, R. E., Jr., P. Canevari, and E. H. Iversen.  1998.  Eskimo Curlew (Numenius borealis).  In The Birds of North America, No. 347 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.).  The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Gill, R. E., Jr., and C. M. Handel.  1981.  Shorebirds of the eastern Bering Sea.  Pp. 719–730 in Eastern Bering Sea Shelf: Oceanography and resources. Vol. 2 (D. W. Hood and J. A. Calder, eds.).  Office of Marine Pollution Assessment, NOAA. Univ. of Washington Press, Seattle.

Gill, R. E., Jr., and C. M. Handel.  1990.  The importance of subarctic intertidal habitats to shorebirds: a study of the central Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska.  Condor 92:702–725.

Gill, R. E., Jr., C. M. Handel, and G. W. Page.  1995.  Western North American shorebirds. Pp. 60-65 in E. T. LaRoe, G. S. Farris, C. E. Puckett, P. D. Doran, and M. J. Mac (eds.).  Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems.  U.S. Dept. of Interior, National Biological Service, Washington, DC. 530pp.

Gill, R. E., Jr., C. M. Handel, and L. A. Shelton.  1983.  Memorial to a Black Turnstone: an exemplar of breeding and wintering site fidelity.  North American Bird Bander 8:98–101.

Gill, R. E., Jr., and P. D. Jorgensen.  1979.  Preliminary assessment of timing and migration of shorebirds along the northcentral Alaska Peninsula.  Studies in. Avian Biology 2:113–123.

Gill, R., P.D. Jorgensen, A. R. DeGange, and P. Kust.  1977.  Population dynamics and tropic relationships of marine birds in the Gulf of Alaska and southern Bering Sea, Part XII:  Avifaunal assessment of Nelson Lagoon, Port Moller, and Herendeen Bay, Alaska; In Environmental Assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf, Annual Reports 4:594-616.

Gill, R. E., Jr., R. B. Lanctot, J. D. Mason, and C. M. Handel.  1991.  Observations on habitat use, breeding chronology and parental care in Bristle-thighed Curlews on the Seward Peninsula, Alaska.  Wader Study Group Bulletin 61:28–36.

Gill, R. E., Jr., and B. J. McCaffery.  1999.  Bar-tailed Godwits Limosa lapponica in Alaska: a population estimate from the staging grounds.  Wader Study Group Bulletin 88:49–54.

Gill, R. E., Jr., B. J. McCaffery, and P. S. Tomkovich.  2002.  Wandering Tattler (Heteroscelus incanus).  In The birds of North America No. 642 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.).  The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Gill, R., M. Petersen, C. Handel, J. Nelson, A. R. DeGange, A. Fukuyama, and G. Sanger, 1978.  Avifaunal assessment of Nelson Lagoon, Port Moller, and Herendeen Bay, Alaska--1977; In Environmental Assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf, Annual Reports 3:69-131.

Gill, R. E., Jr., M. R. Petersen, and P. D. Jorgensen.  1981.  Birds of the northcentral Alaska Peninsula, 1976–1980.  Arctic 34:286–306.

Gill, R. E., Jr., T. Piersma, G. Hufford, R. Servranckx, and A. Riegen.  2005.  Crossing the ultimate ecological barrier: Evidence for an 11,000-km-long nonstop flight from Alaska to New Zealand and eastern Australia by Bar-Tailed Godwits.  Condor 107:1–20.

Gill, R. E., Jr., and R. L. Redmond.  1992.  Distribution, numbers, and habitat of Bristle-thighed Curlews (Numenius tahitiensis) on Rangiroa Atoll.  Notornis 39:17–26.

Gill, R. E., Jr., M. T. Schroeder, and J. M. Schnorr.  1996.  An assessment of the breeding status of Bristle-thighed Curlews (Numenius tahitiensis) and other montane nesting shorebirds within Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska.  Unpublished report, National Biological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK.

Gill, R. E., Jr., and S. E. Senner.  1996.  Alaska and its importance to Western Hemisphere shorebirds.  International Wader Studies 8:8–14.

Gill, R. E., Jr., and T. L. Tibbitts.  1999.  Seasonal shorebird use of intertidal habitats in Cook Inlet, Alaska.  Final report.  U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division and OCS Study, MMS 99-0012.  55 pp.

Gill, R. E., Jr., and P. S. Tomkovich.  2004.  Subarctic alpine nesting by Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii.  Wader Study Group Bulletin 104:39–50.

Gill, R. E., Jr., P. S. Tomkovich, and M. N. Dementyev.  1999.  Breeding ecology of Surfbirds (Aphriza virgata) at Turquoise Lake, Alaska, 1997–1998 (with observations of nesting Wandering Tattlers Heteroscelus incanus and annotated notes on birds and mammals).  Unpublished report, U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Biological Science Center, Anchorage, AK.

Gill, R. E., Jr., P. S. Tomkovich, and B. J. McCaffery.  2002.  Rock Sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis).  In The birds of North America No. 691 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Handel, C. M.  1995.  Boreal Partners in Flight: Working together to build a regional research and monitoring program. In R. Bonney, D. Pashley, L. Niles, and R. Cooper, eds. Strategies for Bird Conservation: The Partners in Flight Planning Process.  Proceedings of the 1995 Partners in Flight International Workshop, October 1–5, 1995, Cape May, NJ.

Handel, C. M., and C. P. Dau.  1988.  Seasonal occurrence of migrant Whimbrels and Bristle-thighed Curlews on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska.  Condor 90:782–790.

Handel, C. M., and R. E. Gill, Jr.  1983.  Yellow birds stand out in a crowd.  North American Bird Bander 8:6–9.

Handel, C. M., and R. E. Gill, Jr. 1992.  Breeding distribution of the Black Turnstone.  Wilson Bulletin 104:122–135.

Handel, C. M., and R. E. Gill, Jr.  1992.  Roosting behavior of premigratory Dunlins (Calidris alpina).  Auk 109:57–72.

Handel, C. M., and R. E. Gill, Jr.  2000.  Mate fidelity and breeding site tenacity in a monogamous sandpiper, the Black Turnstone.  Animal Behavior 60: 471–481. (pdf file 107 kb)

Handel, C. M., and R. E. Gill.  2001.  Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala). In The Birds of North America, No. 585 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.).  The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Handel, C. M., B. J. McCaffery, R. B. Lanctot, and G. Peltola.  1990.  Distribution and population estimate of breeding Bristle-thighed Curlews.  Unpublished report, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK.

Handel, C. M., L. M. Pajot, S. L. Talbot, and G. K. Sage.  2006.  Use of buccal swabs for sampling DNA from nestling and adult birds.  Wildlife Society Bulletin 34(4):1094-1100.

Handel, C. M., M. R. Petersen, R. E. Gill, Jr., and C. J. Lensink.  1981.  An annotated bibliography of literature on Alaskan water birds.  U.S. Dept. of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Services Program, Washington, D.C. FWS/OBS-81/12. 515 pp.

Johnson, J. A., S. M. Matsuoka, D. R. Ruthrauff, M. A. Litzow, and M. N. Dementyev.  2004.  Additions to the avifauna of St. Matthew Island, Bering Sea.  Western Birds 35:50–52.

Lanctot, R. B., R. E. Gill, Jr., T. L. Tibbitts, and C. M. Handel.  1995.  Brood amalgamation in the Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis: Process and function.  Ibis 137:559–569.

Marks, J. S., R. L. Redmond, P. Hendricks, R. B. Clapp, and R. E. Gill, Jr.  1990.  Notes on longevity and flightlessness in Bristle-thighed Curlews.  Auk 107:779–881.

Marks, J. S., T. L. Tibbitts, R. E. Gill, Jr., and B. J. McCaffery.  2002.  Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis).  In The Birds of North America, No. 705 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.).  The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

McCaffery, B. J., and R. E. Gill, Jr.  1992.  Antipredator strategies in breeding Bristle-thighed Curlews.  American Birds 46:378–383.

McCaffery, B. J., and R. E. Gill, Jr. 1999.  Australasian waders in Alaska.  Tattler 21:4–5.

McCaffery, B. J., and R. E. Gill, Jr.  2001.  Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica). In The Birds of North America, No. 581 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.).  The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

McCaffery, B. J., C. M. Handel, R. E. Gill, Jr., and D. R. Ruthrauff.  2006.  The blind men and the elephant: Concerns about the use of juvenile proportion data. Stilt 50:141–151.

McCaffery, B. J., and D. R. Ruthrauff.  2004.  How intensive is intensive enough?  Limitations of intensive nest searching for estimating shorebird nest numbers.  Wader Study Group Bulletin 103:63–66.

McCaffery, B. J., and D. R. Ruthrauff.  2004.  Spatial variation in shorebird nest success:  Implications for inference.  Wader Study Group Bulletin 103:67–70.

Morrison, R. I. G., R. E. Gill, Jr., B.A. Harrington, S. Skagen, G. W. Page, C. L. Gratto-Trevor, S. M. Haig.  2001.  Population estimates of Nearctic shorebirds.  Waterbirds 23:337–352.

Morrison, R. I. G., R. E. Gill, Jr., B. A. Harrington, S. Skagen, G. W. Page, C. L. Grattor-Trevor, and S. M. Haig.  2001.  Estimates of shorebird populations in North America.  Occasional Paper No. 104, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ontario.  64 pp.

Morrison, R.I. G., B. J. McCaffery, R. E. Gill, Jr., S. Skagen, S. L. Jones, G. W. Page, C. L. Gratto-Trevor, and B. Andres.  2006.  Population estimates of North American shorebirds.  Wader Study Group Bulletin 111:67–85.

Niehaus, A. C., D. R. Ruthrauff, and B. J.McCaffery.  2004.  Response of predators to Western Sandpiper Nest Exclosures.  Waterbirds 27:79–82.

Norton, D. W., S. E. Senner, R. E. Gill Jr., P. D. Martin, J. M. Wright, and A. K. Fukuyama.  1990.  Shorebirds and herring roe in Prince William Sound, Alaska.  American Birds 44:367–371, 508.

Page, G. W., and R. E. Gill, Jr.  1994.  Shorebirds in western North America: late 1800s to late 1900s.  Studies in Avian Biology 15:147–160.

Piersma, T., and R. E. Gill, Jr.  1998.  Guts don’t fly: small digestive organs in obese Bar-tailed Godwits.  Auk 115:196–203.

Piersma, T., R. E. Gill, Jr., P. de Goeij, A. Dekinda, M. L. Shepherd, D. R. Ruthrauff, and T. L. Tibbitts.  2006.  Shorebird avoidance of nearshore feeding and roosting areas at night correlates with presence of a nocturnal avian predator.  Wader Study Group Bulletin 109:73–76.

Ruthrauff, D. R.  2002.  Seasonal and age-related trends in the reproductive output of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) at Kanaryaraq, Alaska.  M.S. Thesis.  Humboldt State University, Arcata, California. 35 pp.

Ruthrauff, D. R., and B. J. McCaffery.  2005.  Survival of Western Sandpiper broods on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska.  Condor 107:597–604.

Ruthrauff, D. R., T. L. Tibbitts, R. E. Gill, Jr., and C. M. Handel.  2007.  Inventory of montane-nesting birds in Katmai and Lake Clark National parks and Preserves.  Final report NPS/AKRSWAN/NRTR-2007/02 for National Park Service.  U. S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK.  101 pp.

Tibbitts, T. L.  2000.  Age-related differences in foraging ability of two sympatric Tringine sandpipers.  M.S. Thesis.  Humboldt State University, Arcata, California.  47 pp.

Tibbitts, T. L., R. E. Gill, and C. P. Dau.  1996.  Abundance and distribution of shorebirds using intertidal habitats of Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Unpublished report, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK. 38pp.

Tibbitts, T. L., and W. Moskoff.  1999.  Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes).  In The Birds of North America, No. 427 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.).  The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.

Tibbitts, L., R. Lanctot, E. Vanderwerf, and V. Gill.  2003.  Survey for Arctic-breeding shorebirds in the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, March 2003.  Report for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and USGS Alaska Science Center.  Anchorage, AK.  44 pp.

Tibbitts, T. L., D. R. Ruthrauff, R. E. Gill, Jr., and C. M. Handel.  2005.  Inventory of montane-nesting birds in the Arctic Network of National Parks, Alaska.  Arctic Network Inventory and Monitoring Program, USDI National Park Service.  NPS/AKARCN/NRTR-2006/02.  Fairbanks, AK. 156 pp.

Vacca, M. M., and C. M. Handel.  1988.  Factors influencing predation associated with visits to artificial goose nests.  Journal of Field Ornithology 59:215–223.

Vanderwerf, E. A., R. J. Pierce, V. A. Gill, G. Wragg, P. Raust, and T. L. Tibbitts.  2006.  Pelagic seabird surveys in the Tuamotu and Gambier archipelagos, French Polynesia.  Marine Ornithology 34:65-70.

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Ward, D. H., A. Morton, T. L. Tibbitts, D. C. Douglas, and E. Carrera-Gonzalez.  2003.  Long-term change in eelgrass distribution at Bahia San Quintin, Baja California, Mexico, using satellite imagery.  Estuaries 26:1529–1539.

Ward, D. H., T.L. Tibbitts, A. Morton, E. Carrera-Gonzáles, and R. Kempka.  2004.  Use of digital multispectral videography to assess seagrass distribution in San Quintín Bay, Baja California, Mexico.  Ciencias Marinas 30 (1A): 47–60.