Shorebirds

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Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
1011 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503
or call 907-786-3443

Publications

Thomas, G.H., R.B. Lanctot and T. Székely. 2005. Population declines in North American shorebirds: The effect of migratory behaviour and mating system. Proceedings from the Waterbirds Around the World Meeting (In Press), Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Committee for Holarctic Shorebird Monitoring. 2005. Monitoring Arctic-nesting Shorebirds: An International Vision for the Future. Conclusions from The Pan-Arctic Shorebird/Wader Monitoring and Research Workshop, Karrebäksminde, Denmark, 3-6 December 2003. Proceedings from the Waterbirds Around the World Meeting (In Press), Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Lindström, Å., M. Klaassen, and R.B. Lanctot. 2005. The foldable “Ottenby” walk-in trap: a handy and efficient wader trap for expedition conditions. Wader Study Group Bulletin 107:50-53

Robinson, R.A., N.A. Clark, R.B. Lanctot, S. Nebel, B. Harrington, J.A. Clark, J.A. Gill, H. Meltofte, D.I. Rogers, K.G. Rogers, B.J. Ens, C.M. Reynolds, R.M. Ward, T. Piersma, and P.W. Atkinson. 2005. Long term demographic monitoring of wader populations in non-breeding areas. Wader Study Group Bulletin 106:17-29.

Alaska Shorebird Working Group. 2004. Summaries of ongoing or new studies of Alaskan shorebirds during 2004. Compiled and edited by R.E. Gill, Jr.

Alaska Shorebird Working Group. 2004. Summaries of ongoing or new studies of Alaskan shorebirds during 2003. Compiled and edited by R.E. Gill, Jr.

Talbot, S.L., J.R. Gust, G.K. Sage, R.E. Gill, T.L. Tibbitts, R.B. Lanctot, and B.J. McCaffery. 2004. Population differentiation of breeding Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahititiensis). Unpublished report by U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, Alaska.

CHASM. 2004. Shorebirds expert network monitoring plan. Monitoring Arctic-nesting shorebirds: An international vision for the future. Conclusions from The Pan-Arctic Shorebird/Wader Monitoring and Research Workshop, Denmark, 3-6 December 2003. Supporting publication to the CAFF Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program – Framework Document. CAFF CBMP Report No. 4, CAFF International Secretariat, Akureyri, Iceland. 10 pp.

Sinclair, P., Y. Aubry, J. Bart, V. Johnston, R.B. Lanctot, B. McCaffery, K. Ross, and P. Smith, L. Tibbitts. 2004. Boreal Shorebirds: An assessment of conservation status and potential for population monitoring. Unpublished report by Canadian Wildlife Service, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.

Blanco, D.E., R.B. Lanctot, J.P. Isaach, and V.A. Gill. 2004. Temperate grasslands of southern South America as habitat for migratory shorebirds. Proceedings of the VII Neotropical Ornithological Congress. Ornitología Neotropical 15 (suppl):159-167 (in Spanish).

Committee for Holarctic Shorebird Monitoring (CHASM). 2004. Monitoring Arctic-nesting Shorebirds: An International Vision for the Future. Conclusions from The Pan-Arctic Shorebird/Wader Monitoring and Research Workshop, Denmark, 3-6 December 2003. Wader Study Group Bull. 103:2-5.

Lanctot, R.B. , D.E. Blanco, M. Oesterheld, R.A. Balbueno, J.P. Guerschman, and G. Piñeiro. 2004. Assessing habitat use and availability by Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis) in South America. Proceedings of the VII Neotropical Ornithological Congress. Ornitología Neotropical 15 (suppl):367-276.

Blomqvist, D., M. Andersson, C. Küpper, I.C. Cuthill, J. Kis, R.B. Lanctot, B.K. Sandercock, T. Székely, J. Wallander and B. Kempenaers. 2003. Evolutionary biology (communications arising): Why do birds engage in extra-pair copulation? Nature 422: 834-835.

Lanctot, R.B. 2003. Alaska is extraordinary when it comes to shorebirds. The Arctic Warbler 9:1-2.

Tibbitts, T.L., R.B. Lanctot , E. VanderWerf, and V.A. Gill. 2003. Survey for Arctic-breeding shorebirds in the Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia, March 2003. Unpubl. Rept. By U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, Alaska.

Alaska Shorebird Working Group. 2002. Summaries of ongoing or new studies of Alaskan shorebirds during 2002. Compiled and edited by R.E. Gill, Jr.

Blomqvist, D., M. Andersson, C. Küpper, I.C. Cuthill, J. Kis, R.B. Lanctot, B.K. Sandercock, T. Székely, J. Wallander & B. Kempenaers. 2002. Genetic similarity between mates and extra-pair parentage in three species of shorebirds. Nature 419:613-615.

Blomqvist, D., B. Kempenaers, R.B. Lanctot, and B.K. Sandercock. 2002. Genetic parentage and mate guarding in the artic breeding Western Sandpiper. Auk 119:228-233.

Gotthardt, T. and R.B. Lanctot. 2002. Status report on the Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Trnygites subruficollis). Unpubl. Report by Alaska Natural Heritage Program, Environmental Natural Resources Institute, University of Alaska, for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Ecological Services Division, Anchorage, Alaska.

Lanctot, R.B. , D.E. Blanco, R.A. Dias,J.P. Isacch, V.A. Gill, J.B. Almeida, K. Delhey, P.F. Petracci, G.A. Bencke, and R. Balbueno. 2002. Conservation status of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper: historic and contemporary distribution and abundance in South America. Wilson Bulletin 114:44-72.

Andres, B. A. 2001. Migration pathways of Alaska's birds. In Exploring Alaska = s Birds, Alaska Geographic Vol 28 (1), Northwest Publishing Company, Anchorage, Alaska. 96 pp.

Andres, B. A., and A. J. Poe. 2001. Integrated Bird Monitoring in Harriman Fiord, Prince William Sound, Alaska. Unpublished Report, U. S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Chugach National Forest, Glacier Ranger District, Girdwood, Alaska. 20 pp.

Stephensen, S. W., and B. A. Andres. 2001. Marine bird and mammal survey of Yakutat Bay, Disenchantment Bay, Russell Fiord, and Nunatak Fiord, Alaska. Unpublished Report, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. 30 pp.

Alaska Shorebird Working Group. 2000. Alaska shorebird conservation plan. Unpublished Report, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. 47 pp.

Andres, B. A., and D. L. Brann. 2000. Inventory of breeding birds at Point Hope and Point Lay. Unpublished Report, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. 6 pp.

Cotter, P.A., and B.A. Andres. 2000. Nest density of shorebirds inland from the Beaufort Sea Coast, Alaska. Canadian Field-Naturalist 114:287-291.

Lanctot, R.B. 2000. Differentiation of sub-species and populations. Pp. 10-11 in Oring, L., B. Harrington, S. Brown, & C. Hickey (eds.) U.S. Shorebird Conservation Plan. National Shorebird Research Needs: A proposal for a National Research Program and Example High Priority Research Topics. Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences.

Lanctot, R.B. , B.K Sandercock & B. Kempenaers. 2000. Do male breeding displays function to attract mates or defend territories? The explanatory role of mate and site fidelity. Waterbirds 23: 155-164 .

Sandercock, B.K., D.B. Lank, R.B. Lanctot, B. Kempenaers, & F. Cooke. 2000. Ecological correlates of mate fidelity in two Arctic-breeding sandpipers. Canadian Journal of Zoology 78:1948-1958.

Alaska Shorebird Working Group. 1999. Alaska Shorebird Working Group C 1998 annual activities report. Unpublished Report, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska.

Andres, B.A. 1999. Effects of persistent shoreline oil on breeding success and chick growth in Black Oystercatchers. Auk 116:640-650.

Alaska Shorebird Working Group. 1998. Alaska Shorebird Working Group C 1997 annual activities report. Unpublished Report, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. 6 pp.

Andres, B. A. 1998. Shoreline habitat use of Black Oystercatchers breeding in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Journal of Field Ornithology 69:626-634.

Andres, B. A. 1998. Black Oystercatcher. Exxon Valdez Restoration Notebook Series, Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustees, Anchorage, Alaska. 8 pp.

Andres, B. A. 1998. Effects of persistent shoreline oil on reproductive success, chick growth rates, and foraging ecology of Black Oystercatchers. Exxon Valdez Restoration Project Final Report (Restoration Project 93035), U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. 38 pp.

Andres, B. A., and B. T. Browne. 1998. Spring migration of shorebirds on the Yakutat Forelands. Wilson Bulletin 110:326-331.

Lanctot, R.B. , P.J. Weatherhead, B. Kempenaers, & K.T. Scribner. 1998. Male traits, mating tactics and reproductive success in the Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis. Animal Behaviour 56:419-432.

Lanctot, R.B. 1998. Sexual attitudes at northern latitudes. Natural History 107:72-75.

Andres, B. A. 1997. The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill disrupted the breeding of Black Oystercatchers. Journal of Wildlife Management 61:1322-1328.

Lanctot, R.B. , K. Scribner, B. Kempenaers, & P.J. Weatherhead. 1997. Lekking without a paradox in the Buff-breasted Sandpiper. American Naturalist 149:1051-1070.

Lanctot, R.B. , B. Sandercock & B. Kempenaers. 1997. Breeding displays in an Arctic wader: who does them and how display intensity relates to mate acquisition and nesting success. Advances in Ethology 32:212.

Lanctot, R.B. & P.J. Weatherhead. 1997. Ephemeral lekking behavior in the Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis. Behavioral Ecology 8:268-278.

Andres, B. A. 1996. Consequences of the Exxon Valdez oil spill on Black Oystercatchers inhabiting Prince William Sound, Alaska. Ph. D. Dissertation, Ohio State University, Columbus. 98 pp.

Andres, B.A., and G.A. Falxa. 1995. Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani). In The Birds of North America, No. 155 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, and The American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington, D.C.

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

Lanctot, R.B. 1995. A closer look: Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Birding 27:382-388.

Andres, B.A. 1994. Coastal zone use by postbreeding shorebirds in northern Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management 58: 206-213.

Andres, B. A. 1994. Year-round residency in northern populations of the Black Oystercatcher. Unpublished Report, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. 5 pp.

Lanctot, R.B. 1994. Blood sampling in juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpipers: Movement, mass change and survival. Journal of Field Ornithology 65:534-542.

Lanctot, R.B. & C.D. Laredo. 1994. Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis). In: The Birds of North America, No. 91 (A. Poole and F. Gill, Eds.). Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences; Washington, D.C.: The American Ornithologists' Union.

Lanctot, R.B. & L.M. Ronan. 1994. Breeding ecology of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis) on the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, Alaska, in 1993. Progress report submitted to the National Biological Survey. 34 pp.

Lanctot, R.B. & B.L. Slater. 1992. Breeding biology and habitat use of Buff-breasted Sandpipers (Tryngites subruficollis) on the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, Alaska. Progress report submitted to BP Exploration ( Alaska) Inc., and the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 93 pp.

Lanctot, R.B. , M.S. Stishov, & B.L. Slater. 1991. Buff-breasted Sandpiper breeding ecology at the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field. Progress report submitted to BP Exploration ( Alaska), Inc. 8 pp.

Gill, R.E., Jr., R.B. Lanctot, J.D. Mason, & C.M. Handel. 1991. Preliminary 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

Lanctot, R.B. 1990. Breeding ecology of curlews at Neva Creek, Seward Peninsula. Pages 4-6 in: Summary of the Proceedings from the Workshop on Bristle-thighed Curlews. R.E. Gill, Jr. and C.M. Handel, eds.

Handel, C.M. & R.B. Lanctot. 1990. Population estimate and distribution of curlews on the Seward Peninsula. Pages 9-10 in: Summary of the Proceedings from the Workshop on Bristle-thighed Curlews. R.E. Gill, Jr. and C.M. Handel, eds.

Last Updated: September 18, 2008