Southern Lakes waterbird inventory project : D. van de Wetering, M. Gendron and G. Stewart. year 2001 survey results /
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TextPublication details: Whitehorse, YT : 2002. Ducks Unlimited Canada,Description: 16 p. : col. maps ; 28 cmOnline resources: Abstract: A one-year landcover and three-year waterbird inventory project was initiated in the Southern Lakes Region of the Yukon Territory in 1999.The GIS-based inventory project focused on a 3.2 million hectare (8 million acre) area centred on Whitehorse that encompassed portions of two Thematic Mapper (TM) multi-spectral images (Figure 1). The waterbird program complements the landcover inventory and is an evaluation of the use of selected wetland areas by waterfowl and other wetland-dependent waterbirds. Specific intervals of interest are the breeding, brood rearing, moulting and pre-migration staging periods. This three-year study will provide an assessment of wetlands capability within the Southern Lakes Region and an indication of the importance of various wetland types/riparian areas to breeding and post-breeding waterbirds.This document provides a summary of the waterbird survey activities and data collected during the year 2001 (for the 2000 summary report see van de Wetering et. al
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 14-15).
A one-year landcover and three-year waterbird inventory project was initiated in the Southern Lakes Region of the Yukon Territory in 1999.The GIS-based inventory project focused on a 3.2 million hectare (8 million acre) area centred on Whitehorse that encompassed portions of two Thematic Mapper (TM) multi-spectral images (Figure 1). The waterbird program complements the landcover inventory and is an evaluation of the use of selected wetland areas by waterfowl and other wetland-dependent waterbirds. Specific intervals of interest are the breeding, brood rearing, moulting and pre-migration staging periods. This three-year study will provide an assessment of wetlands capability within the Southern Lakes Region and an indication of the importance of various wetland types/riparian areas to breeding and post-breeding waterbirds.This document provides a summary of the waterbird survey activities and data collected during the year 2001 (for the 2000 summary report see van de Wetering et. al