Godwits on the go: Using satellite technology to track migrating marbled godwits

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Product Type: Science Feature

Year: 2006

Author(s): Farmer, A., J. Wilson, and B. Olson

Pages: 12

Suggested Citation: Farmer, A., J. Wilson, and B. Olson. 2006. Godwits on the go: Using satellite technology to track migrating marbled godwits. http://www.fort.usgs.gov/GoGodwits/.

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Abstract

Like many shorebirds, Marbled Godwits have conservation scientists worried. These medium-sized shorebirds migrate from the southern coastal U.S. and Mexico to breed on the northern Great Plains and other sites in the U.S. and Canada. Categorized as a species of high concern in both the U.S. and Canadian Shorebird Conservation Plans, the species was identified as the focus for an international shorebird conservation effort by the Marbled Godwit Working Group. This group comprises scientists from agencies and organizations in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, including the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)...