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Management and Research Applications of Long-Range Surveillance Radar Data for Birds, Bats, and Flying Insects

This publication is intended to provide a summary of long-range surveillance radar technology and applications of these data to questions about movement patterns of birds and other flying wildlife based on publications that provide more detailed information (Buurma, 1995; Gauthreaux and Belser, 2003a, b; Gauthreaux and others, 2003; Diehl and More...

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Survey Design and Behavioral Ecology of Lapland Longspurs in Northern Alaska

Lapland Longspurs (Calcarius lapponicus) are a common breeding passerine on the tundra of northern Alaska and throughout the holarctic. This study has two components: the design of an area census survey method for Lapland longspurs with applicability to other highly visible species in open habitats, and 2) the description and quantification of the More...

  • Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)

Alaska Science Center - Avian Influenza Research

This web resource provides information concerning the on-going Research at the USGS Alaska Science Center on birds and avian influenza (bird flu). The site links to quick facts, on-going research, workshop results, monitoring and surveillance, guidelines on how to safeguard against avian influenza, publications and reports, migratory bird More...

  • Bar-tailed Godwits Roosting