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Studies in Avian Biology - Number 2

Shorebirds in Marine Environments

Frank A. Pitelka


v Preface
vii Acknowledgments
1 Introduction: The Pacific Coast Shorebird Scene
By Frank A. Pitelka
Part 1: Distribution, Migration, and Conservation
15 Aspects of the Occurrence of Shorebirds on a Central California Estuary
By Gary W. Page, Lynne E. Stenzel, and Claire M. Wolfe
33 Habitat Utilization by Wintering and Migrating Shorebirds on Humboldt Bay, California
By R. H. Gerstenberg
41 Banding Studies of Migrant Shorebirds in Northwestern Costa Rica
By Susan M. Smith and F. Gary Stiles
49 Notes on Charadriiformes of the South Coast of Peru
By R. A. Hughes
55 The Autumnal Migration of Baird's Sandpiper
By Joseph R. Jehl, Jr.
69 Movements and Habitat Use by Wintering Populations of Willets and Marbled Godwits
By Paul R. Kelly and Howard L. Cogswell
83 Semipalmated Sandpiper Migration in North America
By B. A. Harrington and R. I. G. Morrison
100 Seasonal Habitat Use by Arctic Alaskan Shorebirds
By P. G. Connors, J. P. Myers, and F. A. Pitelka
113 A Preliminary Assessment of Timing and Migration of Shorebirds Along the North Central Alaska Peninsula
By Robert Gill, Jr. and Paul D. Jorgensen
125 Migratory Shorebird Populations on the Copper River Delta and Eastern Prince William Sound, Alaska
By M. E. "Pete" Isleib
131 An Evaluation of the Copper River Delta as a Critical Habitat for Migrating Shorebirds
By Stanley E. Senner
147 Results of the California Shorebird Survey
By Ronald M. Jurek
151 Conservation and Management of Coastal Wetlands in California
By John Speth
157 Shorebird Census Studies in Britain
By A. J. Prater
167 Effect of Habitat Loss on the Numbers of Overwintering Shorebirds
By J. D. Goss-Custard
179 Summarizing Remarks, Part 1
By Joseph R. Jehl, Jr.
Part 2: Ecology
185 Feeding Ecology of Black Oystercatchers on South Farallon Island, California (abstract only)
By Stephen H. Morrell, Harriet R. Huber, T. James Lewis, and David G. Ainley
187 Seasonality of Summer Habitat and Social System of Red Phalaropes (abstract only)
By Douglas Schamel and Diane Tracy
189 Availability and Utilization of Invertebrates as Shorebird Food on a Humboldt Bay Mudflat (abstract only)
By L. F. Carrin, N. D. Holmberg, and S. W. Harris
191 Flocking Behavior in Wintering Dunlin (abstract only)
By S. Shanewise and S. G. Herman
193 Biology of Shorebirds Summering on Enewetak Atoll
By Oscar W. Johnson
207 Winter Ecology of a Black Oystercatcher Population
By E. B. Hartwick and W. Blaylock
217 Feeding Ecology of Three Species of Plovers Wintering on the Bay of Panama, Central America
By Joseph G. Strauch, Jr. and Lawrence G. Abele
231 Territoriality in Non-Breeding Shorebirds
By J. P. Myers, P. G. Connors, and F. A. Pitelka
247 The Energetics of Foraging by Redshank, Tringa totanus
By J. D. Goss-Custard
259 Summarizing Remarks, Part 2
By John A. Wiens
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