Effects of a diamond mine on tundra-breeding birds.

From: Arctic | Date: September 1, 2005| Author: Armstrong, Allison R.; Panayi, Damian; Smith, Adam C.; Virgl, John A. | Copyright information

ABSTRACT. Breeding birds (songbirds, shorebirds, and ptarmigan) were surveyed at the Ekati Diamond Mine in Canada's Northwest Territories from 1996 through 2003. Surveys were conducted on permanent, 25 ha mine and control plots. Five metrics (relative density of individual species, relative density of all birds, species richness using rarefaction curves, and species diversity using two indices) were used to assess potential impacts up to a distance of 1 km from the mine. Six specie...

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