Alaska Shorebird Group

Projects from the past to the present

Publications

Almeida, J.B., I.F. Lopes, L.W. Oring, T.L. Tibbitts, L.M. Pajot, and R.B. Lanctot. 2020. After-hatch and hatch year Buff-breasted Sandpipers Calidris subruficollis can be sexed accurately using morphometric measures. Wader Study. 127:147-155.  https://doi.org/10.18194/ws.00189 

Amundson, C. L., C. Handel, D. R. Ruthrauff, T. L. Tibbitts, and R. E. Gill, Jr.. 2018. Montane-breeding bird distribution and abundance across National Parks of Southwestern Alaska. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 9: 158–185.  https://doi.org/10.3996/062017-JFWM-050 

Andres, B.A., J.A. Johnson, S.C. Brown, and R.B. Lanctot. 2012. Shorebirds breed in unusually high densities in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area, Alaska. Arctic 65:411–422. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4239 

Barrio, I.C., D. Ehrich, E.M. Soininen, V.T. Ravolainen, C. G. Bueno, O. Gilg, A.M. Koltz, J.D.M. Speed, D.S. Hik, M. Mörsdorf, J.M. Alatalo, A. Angerbjörn, J. Béty, L. Bollache, N. Boulanger-LaPointe, G.S. Brown, I. Eischeid, M.A. Giroux, T. Hájek, B.B. Hansen, S.P. Hofhuis, J.-F. LaMarre, J. Lang, C. Latty, N. LeComte, P. Macek, L. McKinnon, I.H. Myers-Smith, Å.Ø. Pedersen, J. S. Prévey, J.D. Roth, S.T. Saalfeld, N.M. Schmidt, P. Smith, A. Sokolov, N. Sokolova, C. Stolz, R. van Bemmelen, Ø. Varpe, P.F. Woodard, I.S. Jónsdóttir. 2021. Developing common protocols to measure tundra herbivory across spatial scales. Arctic Science.  https://doi.org/10.1139/AS-2020-0020 

Bart, J.R., B. Platte, B.A. Andres, S.C. Brown, and J.A. Johnson. 2013 (In review). Conservation priorities for breeding birds in northern Alaska. Conservation Biology.

Battley, P.F., N. Warnock, T.L. Tibbitts, R.E. Gill, Jr., T. Piersma, C.J. Hassell, D.C. Douglas, D.M. Mulcahy, B.D. Gartrell, R. Schuckard, D.S. Melville, and A.C. Riegen. 2012. Contrasting extreme long distance migration patterns in Bar-tailed Godwits Limosa lapponica. Journal of Avian Biology 43:001-012.  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2011.05473.x 

Bentzen, R., S. Dinsmore, J. Liebezeit, M. Robards, B. Streever, and S. Zack. 2017. Assessing development impacts on Arctic nesting birds using real and artificial nests. Polar Biology 1527– 1536.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-017-2074-7 

Bentzen, R., J. Liebezeit, M. Robards, B. Streever, S. Strindberg, and S. Zack. 2018. Bird Use of Northern Alaska Oilfield Rehabilitation Sites.  Arctic . 71: 422-430.  https://www.jstor.org/stable/26567071 

Bishop, M.A., J.B. Buchanan, B. McCaffery and J.A. Johnson. 2016. Spring stopover sites used by the Red Knot Calidris canutus roselaari in Alaska, USA: connectivity between Copper River Delta and Yukon-Kuskokwim River Delta. Wader Study 123(2):143-152.  https://doi.org/10.18194/ws.00035  

Brlík, V., P. Pipek, K. Brandis, N. Chernetsov, F.J.V. Costa, L.G.Herrera M., Y. Kiat, R.B. Lanctot, P.P. Marra, D.R. Norris, C.J. Nwaogu, P. Quillfeldt, S.T. Saalfeld, C.A. Stricker, R.L. Thomson, T. Zhao, and P. Procházka. 2021 The reuse of avian samples: opportunities, pitfalls, and a solution. Ibis.  https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12997 

Brown, S., C. Gratto-Trevor, R. Porter, E.L. Weiser, D. Mizrahi, R. Bentzen, M. Boldenow, R. Clay, S. Freeman, M-A. Giroux, E. Kwon, D.B. Lank, N. Lecomte, J. Liebezeit, V. Loverti, J. Rausch, B.K. Sandercock, S. Schulte, P. Smith, A. Taylor, B. Winn, S. Yezerinac, and R.B. Lanctot. 2017. Migratory connectivity of Semipalmated Sandpipers and implications for conservation. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 119:207–224.  https://doi.org/10.1650/CONDOR-16-55.1 

Bulla, M., M. Valcu, A.M. Dokter, A.G. Dondua, A. Kosztolányi, A. Rutten, B. Helm, B.K. Sandercock, B. Casler, B.J. Ens, C.S. Spiegel, C.J. Hassell, C. Küpper, C. Minton, D. Burgas, D.B. Lank, D.C. Payer, E.Y. Loktionov, E. Nol, E. Kwon, F. Smith, H.R. Gates, H. Vitnerová, H. Prüter, J.A. Johnson, J.J.H. St Clair, J-F. Lamarre, J. Rausch, J. Reneerkens, J.R. Conklin, J. Burger, J. Liebezeit, J. Bêty, J.T. Coleman, J. Figuerola, J.C.E.W. Hooijmeijer, J.A. Alves, J.A. M. Smith, K. Weidinger, K. Koivula, K. Gosbell, L. Niles, L. Koloski, L. McKinnon, L. Praus, M. Klaassen, MA. Giroux, M. Sládeček, M.L. Boldenow, M. Exo, M.I. Goldstein, M. Šálek, N. Senner, N. Rönkä, N. Lecomte, O. Gilg, O. Vincze, O.W. Johnson, P.A. Smith, P.F. Woodard, P.S. Tomkovich, P. Battley, R. Bentzen, R.B. Lanctot, R. Porter, S.T. Saalfeld, S. Freeman, S.C. Brown, S. Yezerinac, T. Székely, T. Montalvo, T. Piersma, V. Loverti, V-M. Pakanen, W. Tijsen, and B. Kempenaers. 2016. Unexpected diversity in socially synchronized rhythms of shorebirds. Nature 540:109–113.  https://doi.org/10.1038/nature20563 

Bulla, M., J. Reneerkens, E.L. Weiser, M. Valcu, A. Sokolov, A.R. Taylor, B. Sittler, B.J. McCaffery, D.R. Ruthrauff, D.H. Catlin, D.C. Payer, D.H. Ward, D.V. Solovyeva, E.S.A. Santos, E. Rakhimberdiev, E. Nol, E. Kwon, G.S. Brown, G.D. Hevia, H.R. Gates, J.A. Johnson, J.A. van Gils, J. Hansen, J-F. Lamarre, J. Rausch, J.R. Conklin, J. Liebezeit, J. Bêty, J. Lang, J.A. Alves, J. Fernández-Elipe, K. Michael-Exo, L. Bollache, M. Bertellotti, M-A. Giroux, M. van de Pol, M. Johnson, M.L. Boldenow, M. Soloviev, N. Sokolova, N.R. Senner, N. Lecomte, N. Meyer, N. Martin Schmidt, O. Gilg, P.A. Smith, P. Machín, R.L. McGuire, R.A.S. Cerboncini, R. Ottvall, R.S.A. van Bemmelen, R.J. Swift, S.T. Saalfeld, S.E. Jamieson, S. Brown, T. Piersma, T. Albrecht, V. D’Amico, R.B. Lanctot, and B. Kempenaers. 2019. Comment on “Global pattern of nest predation is disrupted by climate change in shorebirds”. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw8529  

Carmona, R., N. Arce, V. Ayala-Perez, A. Hernández-Alvarez, J. B. Buchanan, L. J. Salzer, P. S. Tomkovich, J. A. Johnson, R. E. Gill, Jr., B. J. McCaffery, J. E. Lyons, L. J. Niles and D. Newstead. 2013. Red Knot Calidris canutus roselaari migration connectivity, abundance and non-breeding distribution along the Pacific coast of the Americas. Wader Study Group Bull. 120(3): 168–180.  Article 

Chan, Y.-C., M. Brugge, T. L. Tibbitts, A. Dekinga, R. Porter, R. H. G. Klaassen, and T. Piersma. 2015. Testing an attachment method for solar-powered tracking devices on a long-distance migrating shorebird. Journal of Ornithology.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-015-1276-4 

Churchwell, R.T., S.J. Kendall, A.L. Blanchard, K.H. Dunton, and A.N. Powell. 2015. Natural disturbance shapes benthic intertidal microinvertebrate communities of high latitude river deltas. Estuaries and Coasts.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-015-0028-2 

Cosgrove, J., B. Dugger, and R.B. Lanctot. 2020. No renesting observed after experimental clutch removal in Red Phalaropes breeding near Utqiaģvik, Alaska. Wader Study 127: 236-243.  https://doi.org/10.18194/ws.00213 

Cunningham, J.A., D.C. Kesler, and R.B. Lanctot. 2016. Habitat and social factors influence nest site selection in Arctic-breeding shorebirds. The Auk: Ornithological Advances 133:364-377.  https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-15-196.1 

Davidson, S.C., G. Bohrer, E. Gurarie, S. LaPoint, P.J. Mahoney, N.T. Boelman, J.U.H. Eitel, L.R. Prugh, L.A. Vierling, J. Jennewein, E. Grier, O. Couriot, A.P. Kelly, A.J. H. Meddens, R.Y. Oliver, R. Kays, M. Wikelski, T. Aarvak, J.T. Ackerman, J.A. Alves, E. Bayne, B. Bedrosian, J.L. Belant, A.M. Berdahl, A.M. Berlin, D. Berteaux, J. Bêty, D. Boiko, T.L. Booms, B.L. Borg, S. Boutin, W.S. Boyd, K. Brides, S. Brown, V.N. Bulyuk, K.K. Burnham, D. Cabot, M. Casazza, K. Christie, E.H. Craig, S.E. Davis, T. Davison, D. Demma, C.R. DeSorbo, A. Dixon, R. Domenech, G. Eichhorn, K. Elliott, J.R. Evenson, K-M. Exo, S.H. Ferguson, W. Fiedler, A. Fisk, J. Fort, A. Franke, M.R. Fuller, S. Garthe, G. Gauthier, G. Gilchrist, P. Glazov, C.E. Gray, D. Grémillet, L. Griffin, M.T. Hallworth, A-L. Harrison, H.L. Hennin, J.M. Hipfner, J. Hodson, J.A. Johnson, K. Joly, K. Jones, T.E. Katzner, J.W. Kidd, E.C. Knight, M.N. Kochert, A. Kölzsch, H. Kruckenberg, B.J. Lagassé, S. Lai, J-F. Lamarre, R.B. Lanctot, N.C. Larter, A.D.M. Latham, C.J. Latty, J.P. Lawler, D-J. Léandri-Breton, H. Lee, S.B. Lewis, O. Love, J. Madsen, M. Maftei, M.L. Mallory, B. Mangipane, M.Y. Markovets, P.P. Marra, R. McGuire, C.L. McIntyre, E.A. McKinnon, T.A. Miller, S. Moonen, T. Mu, G.J.D.M. Müskens, J. Ng, K.L. Nicholson, I.J. Øien, C. Overton, P.A. Owen, A. Patterson, A. Petersen, I. Pokrovsky, L.L. Powell, R. Prieto, P. Quillfeldt, J. Rausch, K. Russell, S.T. Saalfeld, H. Schekkerman, J.A. Schmutz, P. Schwemmer, D.R. Seip, A. Shreading, M.A. Silva, B.W. Smith, F. Smith, J.P. Smith, K.R.S. Snell, A. Sokolov, V. Sokolov, D.V. Solovyeva, M.S. Sorum, G. Tertitski, J.F. Therrien, K. Thorup, T.L. Tibbitts, I. Tulp, B.D. Uher-Koch, R.S.A. van Bemmelen, S. van Wilgenburg, A.L. Von Duyke, J.L. Watson, B.D. Watts, J.A. Williams, M.T. Wilson, J.R. Wright, M.A. Yates, D.J. Yurkowski, R. Žydelis, and M. Hebblewhite. 2020. Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic. Science https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb7080 

DeCicco, L., N. Warnock, and J. Johnson. 2013. History of the Red-necked Stint breeding in North America. Western Birds 44:1–4.  Article 

Doll, A.C., R.B. Lanctot, C.A. Stricker, S. Yezerinac, and M.B. Wunder. 2015. Improved arrival date estimates of Arctic-breeding Dunlin (Calidris alpina arcticola). The Auk: Ornithological Advances 132:408-421.  https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-14-227.1 

Ely, C. R., B. J. McCaffery, and R. E. Gill, Jr. 2018. Shorebirds adjust spring arrival schedules with variable environmental conditions: Four decades of assessment on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Pages 296–311 in: Trends and traditions: Avifaunal change in western North America (W. D. Shuford, R. E. Gill, Jr. & C. Handel, Eds.). Western Field Ornithologists, Camarillo, California.  https://doi.org/10.21199/SWB3.16 

English, W.E. 2014. The evolutionary ecology of reproductive traits in the red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). M.Sc. thesis, Simon Fraser University. PDF available from SFU Library 

English, W.B., D. Schamel, D.M. Tracy, D.F. Westneat and D.B. Lank. 2014. Sex ratio varies with egg investment in the red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). Behav Ecol. Sociobiol.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-014-1800-1 

Franks, S., D.R. Norris, T.K. Kyser, G. Fernández, B. Schwarz, R. Carmona, M.A. Colwell, J. Correa Sandoval, A. Dondua, H.R. Gates, B. Haase, D.J. Hodkinson, A. Jiménez, R.B. Lanctot, B. Ortego, B.K. Sandercock, F. Sanders, J.Y. Takekawa, N. Warnock, R.C. Ydenberg and D.B. Lank. 2012. Range-wide patterns of migratory connectivity in the Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri. Journal of Avian Biology 43: 1-13.  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-048X.2012.05573.x 

Gates, H. R., R. Lanctot, and A. N. Powell. 2013. High renesting rates in arctic-breeding Dunlin (Calidris alpina): a clutch-removal experiment. Auk 130:372:380.  https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2013.12052 

Gates, H. R., S. Yezerinac, R. B. Lanctot, A. N. Powell, P. S. Tomkovich, and O. P. Valchuk. 2013. Differentiation of subspecies and sexes of Beringian Dunlin. Journal of Field Ornithology.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jofo.12038 

Gill Jr., R.G., C.M. Handel, and D.R. Ruthrauff. 2013. Intercontinental migratory connectivity and population structuring of Dunlins from Western Alaska. Condor 115:525-534. https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2013.120127 

Gill Jr., R. E., D. C. Douglas, C. M. Handel, T. L. Tibbitts, G. Hufford, and T. Piersma. 2014. Hemispheric-scale wind selection facilitates Bar-tailed Godwit circum-migration of the Pacific. Animal Behaviour 90:117–130.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.01.020 

Gill Jr., R. E., P. S. Tomkovich, and M. N. Dementyev. 2015. Breeding ecology of Wandering Tattlers Tringa incana: a study from south-central Alaska. Wader Study 122:99–114.  https://doi.org/10.18194/ws.00016 

Giroux, M.D. Ditlecadet, L.J. Martin, R.B. Lanctot, and N. Lecomte. 2016. Sexing a sex-role-reversed species based on plumage: potential challenges in the red phalarope. PeerJ 4:e1989.  https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1989  

Governali, F.C., H.R. Gates, R.B. Lanctot, and R.T. Holmes. 2012. Egg volume can be accurately and efficiently estimated from linear dimensions of eggs for arctic-breeding shorebirds. Wader Study Group Bulletin 119: 46-51.  Article 

Grond, K., R.B. Lanctot, A.M. Jumpponen, and B.K. Sandercock. (in press) Recruitment and establishment of the gut microbiome in Arctic shorebirds. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 93(12).  https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fix142 

Grond, K., J. Santo Domingo, R.B. Lanctot, A. Jumpponen, R.L. Bentzen, M.L. Boldenow, S. Brown, B. Casler, J.A. Cunningham, A.C. Doll, S. Freeman, B.L. Hill, S.J. Kendall, E. Kwon, J.R. Liebezeit, L. Pirie-Dominix, J. Rausch, and B.K. Sandercock. 2019. Composition and drivers of gut microbiota communities in arctic- breeding shorebirds. Frontiers in Microbiology 10:2258.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02258 

Gutiérrez, J.S., M.W. Dietz, J.A. Masero, R.E. Gill, Jr., A. Dekinga, P.F. Battley, J.M. SánchezGuzmán, and T. Piersma. 2012. Functional ecology of saltglands in shorebirds; flexible responses to variable environmental conditions. Functional Ecology 26:236–244.  https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01929.x 

Handel, C.M. and J.R. Sauer. 2017. Combined analysis of roadside and off-road breeding bird survey data to assess population change in Alaska. The Condor 119(3): 557-575.  https://doi.org/10.1650/CONDOR-17-67.1 

Harwood, C. M., R. E. Gill Jr., and A. N. Powell. 2016. Nesting ecology of Whimbrels in boreal Alaska. Wader Study 123:99-113.  https://doi.org/10.18194/ws.00037 

Herzog, P., S. T. Saalfeld, H.-H. Kaatz, and R. B. Lanctot. 2018. Nest reuse in Arctic-breeding shorebirds: an analysis of potential benefits and factors affecting the occurrence of this rare behavior. Journal of Avian Biology. e01737.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01737 

Hooijmeijer, J., R.E. Gill, Jr., D.M. Mulcahy, T.L. Tibbitts, R. Kentie, G.J. Gerritsen, L.W. Bruinzeel, D.C. Tijssen, and C.M. Harwood. 2014 (In press). Abdominally implanted satellite transmitters affect reproduction and survival rather than migration of large shorebirds. Journal of Ornithology.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-013-1026-4 

Johnson, J.A. and P.A. Brusseau. 2012. Locating Arctic tundra-nesting shorebirds using a thermal imaging camera. Wader Study Group Bulletin 119(3): 205–207.

Johnson, J. A., L. H. DeCicco, D. R. Ruthrauff, S. Krauss, and J. S. Hall. 2014. Avian influenza virus antibodies in Pacific Coast Red Knots (Calidris canutus roselaari). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 50:671–675.  https://doi.org/10.7589/2013-04-016 

Johnson, J.A., L.H. DeCicco, and N.R. Hajdukovich. 2020. Using playbacks of chick vocalizations to locate and capture breeding Red Knots. Wader Study 127(3).  https://doi.org/10.18194/ws.00206 

Johnson, O.W., Fielding, L., Fisher, J.P., Gold, R.S., Goodwill, R.H., Bruner, A.E., Furey, J.F., Brusseau, P.A., Brusseau, N.H., Johnson, P.M., Jukema, J., Prince, L.L., Tenney, M.J. & Fox, J.W. 2012. New insight concerning transoceanic migratory pathways of Pacific Golden-Plovers (Pluvialis fulva): the Japan stopover and other linkages as revealed by geolocators. Wader Study Group Bull. 119 (1): 1–8.  Article 

Johnson, O. W., P. M. Johnson, and J. J. Rotella. 2014. Survival of Pacific Golden-Plovers at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific –an urban wintering ground on Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Wader Study Group Bulletin 121:18–22.  Article 

Johnson, O.W., Porter, R.R., Fielding, L., Weber, M.F., Gold, R.S., Goodwill, R.H., Johnson, P.M., Bruner, A.E., Brusseau, P.A., Brusseau, N.H., Hurwitz, K. & Fox, J.W. 2015. Tracking Pacific Golden-Plovers Pluvialis fulva: transoceanic migrations between non-breeding grounds in Kwajalein, Japan and Hawaii and breeding grounds in Alaska and Chukotka. Wader Study 122(1): 4–11.  https://doi.org/10.18194/ws.00002 

Johnson, O.W., P.S. Tomkovich, R.R. Porter, E.Y. Loktionov, and R.H. Goodwill. 2017. Migratory linkages of Pacific Golden-Plovers Pluvialis fulva breeding in Chukotka, Russian Far East. Wader Study 124:33–39.  https://doi.org/10.18194/ws.00056 

Johnson, O. W., P. G. Connors, and P. Pyle. 2018. American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica), version 3.0. In: The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York.  https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/amgplo/cur/introduction 

Johnson, O. W., P. G. Connors, and P. Pyle. 2018. Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva), version 3.0. In: The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York.  https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/pagplo/cur/introduction 

Johnson, O. W., T. L. Tibbitts, M. F. Weber, D. R. Bybee, R. H. Goodwill, A. E. Bruner, E. J. Smith, E. L. Buss, T. Q. A. Waddell, D. C. Brooks, C. D. Smith & J.-Y. Meyer. 2020. Tracking the migration of Pacific Golden-Plovers from nonbreeding grounds at Moorea, French Polynesia, using Pinpoint GPS-Argos tags. Wader Study 127:53–59.  https://doi.org/10.18194/ws.00172 

Johnston, A., T. Auer, D. Fink, M. Strimas-Mackey, M. Lliff, K.V. Rosenberg, S. Brown, R. Lanctot, A.D. Rodewald, and S. Kelling. 2020. Comparing abundance distributions and range maps in spatial conservation planning for migratory species. Ecological Applications. 30(3):e02058.  https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2058 

Jos C. E. W. Hooijmeijer, R. E. Gill Jr., D. M. Mulcahy, T. Lee Tibbitts, R. Kentie, G. J. Gerritsen, L. W. Bruinzeel, D. C. Tijssen, C. M. Harwood, and T. Piersma. 2014. Abdominally implanted satellite transmitters affect reproduction and survival rather than migration of large shorebirds. J. Ornithology 155: 447–457.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-013-1026-4 

Kok, E. M. A., T. L. Tibbitts, D. C. Douglas, P. W. Howey, A. Dekinga, B. Gnep, and T. Piersma. 2020. A red knot as a black swan: how a single bird shows navigational abilities during repeated crossings of the Greenland Icecap. Journal of Avian Biology e02464.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02464  

Krietsch, J., M. Cragnolini, S. Kuhn, R.B. Lanctot, S.T. Saalfeld, M. Valcu, and B. Kempenaers. (in press) Extra-pair paternity in a sequentially polyandrous shorebird: limited evidence for the sperm-storage hypothesis. Animal Behaviour.

Kwon, E., Weiser, E. L., Lanctot, R. B., Brown, S. C., Gates, H. R., Gilchrist, G., Kendall, S. J., Lank, D. B., Liebezeit, J. R., McKinnon, L., Nol, E., Payer, D. C., Rausch, J., Rinella, D. J., Saalfeld, S. T., Senner, N. R., Smith, P. A., Ward, D., Wisseman, R. W., and Sandercock, B. K. 2019. Geographic variation in the intensity of warming and phenological mismatch between Arctic shorebirds and invertebrates. Ecological Monographs 89(4): e01383.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1383  

Lagassé, B. J. 2019. Population Connectivity and Migratory Dynamics of the Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. MSc. Thesis. University of Colorado Denver, Colorado, USA. 

Lagassé, B. J., and T.G. Baerwald. 2019. First North American nests and eggs of the Little Stint. Western Birds 50:267–271.  https://doi.org/10.21199/WB50.4.7 

Lagassé, B.J.; R.B. Lanctot; M. Barter; S. Brown; C-Y Chiang; C-Y. Choi; Y.N. Gerasimov; S. Kendall; J.R. Liebezeit; K.S. Maslovsky; A.I. Matsyna; E.L. Matsyna; D.C. Payer; S.T. Saalfeld; Y. Shigeta; I.M. Tiunov; P.S. Tomokovich; O.P. Valchuk and M. Wunder. 2020. Dunlin subspecies exhibit regional segregation and high site fidelity along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. The Condor: Ornithological Applications 122:1-15.  https://doi.org/10.1093/condor/duaa054 

Lamarre, J-F., G. Gauthier, R.B. Lanctot, S.T. Saalfeld, O.P. Love, E. Reed, O.W. Johnson, J. Liebezeit, R.L. McGuire, M. Russell, E. Nol, L. Kolosky, F. Sanders, L. McKinnon, S.A. Flemming, N. Lecomte, M-A. Giroux, S. Bauer, T. Emmenegger, and J. Bêty. 2021. Timing of breeding site availability across the North-American Arctic partly determines spring migration schedule in a long-distance Neotropical migrant. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology section.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.710007 

Lanctot, R.B. 2013. Book review of J. Bart and V. Johnston. 2012. Arctic Shorebirds in North America: A Decade of Monitoring. Studies of Avian Biology No. 44. Auk 130:392-393.

Lanctot, R.B. and P. Smith. 2014. Understanding factors affecting shorebird population size in the Arctic. Wader Study Group Bulletin 120:216-217.

Lanctot, R.B. and S. Brown. 2015. Shorebird surveys in Western Alaska help us understand human alterations on the nonbreeding grounds. Tattler 37:6-7.  Report 

Lanctot, R.B. 2016. Arctic Shorebird Demographic Network. Page 166-168 In Sixth meeting of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird group, 12-16 September 2015, Chincoteague Bay Field Station, Wallops Island, Virginia, USA. Wader Study 123:159-168.

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