Fourth Report of the Alaska Checklist Committee, 2013-2017

Gibson, Daniel D.; DeCicco, Lucas H.; Gill, Robert E.; Heinl, Steven C.; Lang, Aaron J.; Tobish, Theodore G.; Withrow, Jack J.

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“…Second, we visualized temporal and taxonomic gaps by creating a 14652-cell matrix representing the acquisition of specimens by species and by year. To do this, we started with the official checklist of Alaska birds (Gibson et al 2016) and removed accidental, casual, rare, protected (not proactively collectable), and several species with extremely limited occurrence that thus could not reasonably be expected to be sampled with any frequency. The remaining 222 species represent the most common Alaska birds.…”

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Collectively, we need to accelerate Arctic specimen sampling

Winker

Withrow

2017

Arctic Science

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Natural history collections are not often thought of as observatories, but they are increasingly being used as such to observe biological systems and changes within them. Objects and the data associated with them are archived for present and future research. These specimen collections provide many diverse scientific benefits, helping us understand not only individual species or populations but also the environments in which they live(d). Despite these benefits, the specimen resource is inadequate to the tasks being asked of itthere are many gaps, taxonomically and in time and space. We examine and highlight some of these gaps using bird collections as an example. Given the speed of climate change in the Arctic, we need to collectively work to fill these gaps so we can develop and wield the science that will make us better stewards of Arctic environments.Key words: natural history collections, specimens, biodiversity, climate change, contaminants, food webs, disease, genomics, environmental science.Résumé : On ne considère pas souvent les collections d'histoire naturelle comme des observatoires, mais elles sont de plus en plus utilisées comme tel pour observer des systèmes biologiques et les changements qui s'y opèrent. Les objets et les données liés à ces systèmes sont archivés en vue de la recherche présente et future. Ces collections de spécimens procurent un grand nombre d'avantages scientifiques variés, nous aidant à comprendre non seulement les espèces ou les populations individuelles, mais aussi les environnements dans lesquels elles vivent (vivaient). Malgré ces avantages, la ressource de spécimens est inadé-quate aux tâches qui lui sont demandées : il y a beaucoup d'écarts, taxonomiques ainsi que chronologiques, et dans l'espace. Nous examinons et faisons ressortir certains de ces écarts en utilisant comme exemple des collections d'oiseaux. Étant donné la vitesse du changement climatique dans l'Arctique, nous devons, d'un commun effort, travailler afin de combler ces écarts pour que nous puissions développer et modeler la science de telle sorte que nous serons de meilleurs intendants des environnements arctiques.

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Collectively, we need to accelerate Arctic specimen sampling

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Withrow

2017

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“…The first Middleton reports were of one each on 26 and 27 sep 1987, but hundreds were seen from 21 to 28 sep 2005. This species was not substantiated in alaska waters until 1997 (see Gibson et al 2003). Buller's shearwaters reach the offshore waters of the Pacific coast of north america in Jun or Jul and are most numerous from mid-sep to mid-oct (howell 2012).…”

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“…We observed Pink-footed shearwaters over inshore and offshore marine waters, primarily from north point. Though common offshore from california to British columbia, apr-oct (howell 2012), the species was first substantiated in alaska waters only in 2000 (see Gibson et al 2003).…”

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“…notes: We saw most Manx shearwaters on inshore marine waters, often associated (in fall) with loafing or foraging flocks of other shearwaters. There exists a history of sight reports in the northeastern Pacific (see howell et al 1994, Wahl et al 2005, hamilton et al 2007, heindel and Garrett 2008, including alaska, but the photos of birds at Middleton in spring 2005 provided the first substantiation for alaska (Gibson et al 2008). in the western north Pacific this species was first recorded in Japan (honshu) (Baird et al 1983, Denlinger 2006.…”

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Birds of Middleton Island, a Unique Landfall for Migrants in the Gulf of Alaska

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Migration studies at Middleton island, Gulf of alaska, over four decades documented the regular autumn occurrences of over 100 species of birds (35+ passerines and 65+ nonpasserines), most of them apparently departing across the Gulf of alaska for the Pacific coast to the east and south. With a focus on fall migration, we discuss here 261 species and 16 additional subspecies recorded at Middleton. We present much new information on the status of bird species and subspecies in the Gulf of alaska and highlight the regular and predictable use of a route of migration across the Gulf of alaska by large numbers of passerines, including species associated with the central Flyway.

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“…Most of its breast, flanks, rump, undertail coverts, and lesser and median coverts were very pink. Five color photographs and the details of this sighting were submitted to the Alaska Checklist Committee, which unanimously accepted it as a first record for Alaska (Gibson et al 2013).…”

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First Records of the Asian Rosy-Finch in Alaska and North America

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2017

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Fourth Report of the Alaska Checklist Committee, 2013-2017

Cited by 11 publications

References 16 publications

Collectively, we need to accelerate Arctic specimen sampling

Collectively, we need to accelerate Arctic specimen sampling

Birds of Middleton Island, a Unique Landfall for Migrants in the Gulf of Alaska

First Records of the Asian Rosy-Finch in Alaska and North America

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