Completion of Bird Banding Project at Palmer Station Antarctica

帕尔默群岛从塔岛（63o33 'S 59o51'W）北部至Joubin群岛（64o47 'S 64o27'W）， 南部，经历了比南极更多的海洋性气候 大陆 周围沃茨的生产力支持着殖民地 大量的charadriiform鸟类（鞘嘴鸟，海鸥， 贼鸥和），其中许多不迁移。 由于地处偏远 在这个地区，人们对生活在这个地区的鸟类知之甚少。 帕米利一直在调查帕尔默群岛的鸟类数量 自20世纪70年代初以来， 结构，繁殖的忠诚度，以及各种物种的寿命 在研究适应这种环境的鸟类的行为和生态时， 独特的极地环境。 在这个奖项下，Parmelee将合成 以前收集的信息，并将其汇编成一本专著， 将覆盖整个帕尔默群岛 专著将联合收割机 许多小项目，突出重大发现，保持基线 以前未勘探的区域的信息，并提出结果， 未发表的野外记录，包括： 所有的charadriiform鸟类物种。 美国鸟类学专著 帕尔默群岛将是一个有用的参考卷鸟类学家 以及与南极生物资源有关的机构。

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significant findings, preserve base-line information for areas previously unexplored, and present results from unpublished field notes on numbers, habitats and colony locations for all charadriiform bird species.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.