Contributors .................................................. vii
Foreword ....................................................... ix
Susan K. Skagen, Paul A. Smith, Brad A. Andres, Garry
Donaldson, and Stephen Brown
Part I Introduction
1 COALS AND OBJECTIVES ......................................... 3
Victoria Johnston and Jonathan Bart
2 METHODS ...................................................... 9
Jonathan Bart, Victoria Johnston, Paul A. Smith, Ann
Manning, Jennie Rausch, and Stephen Brown
Part II Regional Reports
3 SHOREBIRD SURVEYS IN WESTERN ALASKA ......................... 19
Brian J. McCaffery, Jonathan Bart, Catherine Wightman,
and David J. Krueper
4 NORTH SLOPE OF ALASKA ....................................... 37
Jonathan Bart, Stephen Brown, Brad A. Andres, Robert
Platte, and Ann Manning
5 YUKON NORTH SLOPE AND MACKENZIE DELTA ....................... 97
Jennie Rausch and Victoria Johnston
6 SOUTHAMPTON AND COATS ISLANDS .............................. 113
Paul A. Smith, Victoria Johnston, and Jennie Rausch
7 PRINCE CHARLES, AIR FORCE, AND BAFFIN ISLANDS .............. 127
Victoria Johnston and Paul A. Smith
8 SMALL-SCALE AND RECONNAISSANCE SURVEYS ..................... 141
Jonathan Bart, Brad A. Andres, Kyle H. Elliott, Charles
M. Francis, Victoria Johnston, R.I.G. Morrison, Elin
P. Pierce, and Jennie Rausch
Part III Methodology
9 AERIAL SURVEYS: A WORTHWHILE ADD-ON TO PRISM SURVEYS,
ESPECIALLY IN THE INTERIOR ................................. 159
Kyle H. Elliott and Paul A. Smith
10 SURVEY METHODS FOR WHIMBREL ................................ 177
Lisa Pirie and Victoria Johnston
11 TIER 2 SURVEYS ............................................. 185
Lisa Pirie, Victoria Johnston, and Paul A. Smith
12 ARCTIC PRISM TIER 3: PROGRESS NOTES FROM THE NORTHWEST
TERRITORIES-NUNAVUT BIRD CHECKLIST SURVEY .................. 195
Lindsay A. Armer, Craig S. Machtans, and Brian T. Collins
13 DESIGN OF FUTURE SURVEYS ................................... 201
Jonathan Bart and Paul A. Smith
Part IV Synthesis
14 SUMMARY .................................................... 213
Jonathan Bart and Paul A. Smith
15 PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE PRISM SURVEYS ........................ 239
Jonathan Bart, Victoria Johnston, Jennie Rausch, Paul
A. Smith, and Brian J. McCaffery
Appendix A Other methods for estimating trends of arctic
birds ...................................................... 245
Jonathan Bart, Stephen Brown, R.I.G. Morrison, and Paul
A. Smith
Appendix В Regional density estimates ......................... 253
Appendix С Common, scientific, and abbreviated names for
species included in the volume ............................. 261
Literature Cited .............................................. 265
Index ......................................................... 279
Complete Series List .......................................... 301
|