IS POPULATION DECLINE IN SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, LIMNODROMUS-GRISEUS, RELATED TO HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS

Authors
MAISONNEUVE C
Citation
C. Maisonneuve, IS POPULATION DECLINE IN SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, LIMNODROMUS-GRISEUS, RELATED TO HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS, Canadian field-naturalist, 107(2), 1993, pp. 253-255
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology
Journal title
Canadian field-naturalist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00083550
Volume
107
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
253 - 255
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-3550(1993)107:2<253:IPDISD>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A significant population decline in the Short-billed Dowitcher maybe d ue to loss of breeding areas due to extensive flooding or drought foll owing hydroelectric project development. There is a pressing need for studies on northern shorebird breeding grounds facing development pres sure because of the possible cumulative effect of these projects.