Completion of Bird Banding Project at Palmer Station Antarctica

南极洲帕尔默站鸟类环志项目完成

• 批准号: 8715630
• 负责人: David Parmelee
• 金额: $ 0.75万
• 依托单位: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-07-01 至 1990-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8715630&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Completion; Bird; Banding; Project; Palmer

The Palmer Archepelago extends extends from Tower Island (63o33'S 59o51'W) in the north to the Joubin Islands (64o47'S 64o27'W) in the south, and experiences a more maritime climate than the Antarctic continent. The productivity of the surrounding waters supports colonies of a large number of charadriiform bird species (sheathbills, gulls, skuas, and terns), many of which do not migrate. Due to the remoteness of the location, very little is known about birds living in this region. Parmelee has been surveying bird populations of the Palmer Archepelago since the early 1970's, and has compiled extensive information on age structure, breeding fidelity, and longevity for a variety of species during studies on the behavior and ecology of birds adapted to this unique polar environment. Under this award Parmelee will synthesize information previously collected and compile it in a monograph which will cover the entire Palmer archipelago. The monograph will combine many small projects, highlight significant findings, preserve base-line information for areas previously unexplored, and present results from unpublished field notes on numbers, habitats and colony locations for all charadriiform bird species. The monograph on bird species of the Palmer Archepelago will be a useful reference volume for ornithologists and for agencies concerned with Antarctic living resources.

帕尔默群岛北起塔岛(63o33‘S，西经59o51’)，南至朱宾群岛(西经64o47‘S，西经64o27’)，气候比南极大陆海洋性强。周围水域的生产力支持了大量轮状鸟类的栖息地(鞘鸟、海鸥、燕鸥和燕鸥)，其中许多不会迁徙。由于地理位置偏远，人们对生活在该地区的鸟类知之甚少。自20世纪70年代初S以来，Parmelee一直在调查Palmer Archepelago的鸟类种群，并在研究适应这种独特极地环境的鸟类的行为和生态期间收集了各种物种的年龄结构、繁殖保真度和寿命的广泛信息。根据这一奖项，Parmelee将综合以前收集的信息，并将其汇编成一本涵盖整个帕尔默群岛的专著。这本专著将结合许多小项目，突出重要发现，保留以前未探索地区的基线信息，并展示所有轮状鸟类物种的数量、栖息地和栖息地的未出版实地笔记的结果。帕尔默群岛鸟类专著将为鸟类学家和有关南极生物资源的机构提供有用的参考书。