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Alaska Gap Analysis Project: Distribution Models for Terrestrial Vertebrate Species of Alaska
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Eurasian Dotterel Breeding Distribution

Habitat

Occurs in arctic tundra or arctic-alpine zone. Open stony or sandy areas, less frequently marshes, mudflats, seacoasts (AOU 1983). Nests on stony steppes, plains, newly plowed fields, and marginal grassland (AOU 1983); highlands and tundra in northwestern Alaska (National Geographic Society 1983). Favors open flat, unvegetated areas above or below treeline and below snow line.

References

AOU. 1983. Check-list of North American birds. 6th ed.American Ornithologists’ Union, Washington D. C.

National Geographic Society. 1983. Field guide to the birds of North America. National Geographic Society, Washington, DC.

Project Reports

Final Report Species Atlas

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