Publications and Reports

Migration Ecology

 Dau, C. P., P. L. Flint, and M. R. Petersen. 2000. Distribution of recoveries of Steller's eiders banded on the lower Alaska Peninsula, Alaska. J. Field Ornith. 71:541-548. PDF file 926k

 Ely, C. R., D. C. Douglas, A. C. Fowler, C. A. Babcock, D. V. Derksen, and J. Y. Takekawa. 1997. Migration behavior of Tundra Swans from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Wilson Bull. 109:679-692. PDF file 998k

Gill, R. E., Jr., T. L. Tibbitts, D. C. Douglas, C. M. Handel, D. M. Mulcahy, J. C. Gottschalck, N. Warnock, B. J. McCaffery, P. F. Battley, and T. Piersma. 2008. Extreme endurance flights by landbirds crossing the Pacific Ocean: ecological corridor rather than barrier? Proceedings of the Royal Society B. doi:10.1098/rspb.2008.1142. PDF file 525k

 Gill, R. E., Jr., T. Piersma, G. Hufford, R. Servranckx, and A. Riegen. 2005. Crossing the ultimate ecological barrier: Evidence for an 11,000-km-long nonstop flight from Alaska to New Zealand and Eastern Australia by Bar-tailed Godwits. Condor 107:1-20. PDF file 940k

 Nicolai, C. A., P. L. Flint, M. L. Wege. 2005. Annual survival and site fidelity of Northern Pintails banded on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. J. Wildl. Manag. 69:1202-1210. PDF file 144k

 Petersen, M. R., D. C. Douglas, and D. M. Mulcahy. 1995. Use of implanted satellite transmitters to locate Spectacled Eiders at-sea. Condor 97:276-278. PDF file 223k

 Petersen, M. R., W. W. Larned, and D. C. Douglas. 1999. At-sea distribution of Spectacled Eiders: A 120-year-old mystery resolved. Auk 116:1009-1020. PDF file 1.78 mb

Petersen, M. R. and P. L. Flint. 2002. Population structure of Pacific common eiders breeding in Alaska. Condor 104:780-787. PDF file 1.37 mb

Petersen, M. R., B. J. McCaffery, and P. L. Flint. 2003. Post-breeding distribution of Long-tailed Ducks Clangula hyemalis from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Wildfowl 54:103-113. PDF file 603k

Sampling Results

 Ip, H. S., P. L. Flint, J. C. Franson, R. J. Dusek, D. V. Derksen, R. E. Gill Jr., C. R. Ely, J. M. Pearce, R. B. Lanctot, S. M. Matsuoka, D. B. Irons, J. B. Fischer, R. M. Oates, M. R. Petersen, T. F. Fondell, D. A. Rocque, J. C. Pedersen and T. C. Rothe. 2008. Prevalence of Influenza A viruses in wild migratory birds in Alaska: Patterns of variation in detection at a crossroads of intercontinental flyways. Virology Journal. 5:71.

USFWS/USGS. 2009. Sampling for highly pathogenic Asian H5N1 avian influenza in migratory birds in Alaska: Results of 2008 field season. Progress Report, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 7, Alaska) and U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska. PDF file 5.54MB

USFWS/USGS. 2008. Sampling for highly pathogenic Asian H5N1 avian influenza in migratory birds in Alaska: Results of 2007 field season. Progress Report, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 7, Alaska) and U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska. PDF file 5.98MB

USFWS/USGS. 2007. Sampling for highly pathogenic Asian H5N1 avian influenza in migratory birds in Alaska: results of 2006 field season. Progress Report, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Region 7, Alaska) and U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska. PDF file 2.66MB

 2006 Sampling Results PDF file 597k

 U.S. Geological Survey. 2007. Avian influenza surveillance of wild birds. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2007-3094. 4 p. - PDF file 554k

Virus Movement Across Continents

Pearce, J. M., A. M. Ramey, P. L. Flint, A. V. Koehler, J. P. Fleskes, J. C. Franson, J. S. Hall, D. V. Derksen, and H. S. Ip. 2009. Avian influenza at both ends of a migratory flyway: Characterizing viral genomic diversity to optimize surveillance plans for North America. Evolutionary Applications ISSN 1752-4571; 1-12. PDF file 363k

Derksen, D., et. al. 2008. Assessment of virus movement across continents: using Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) as a test. A collaborative study between U.S. and Japanese researchers. February 2008. PDF file 685k

Koehler, A. V. , J. M. Pearce, P. L. Flint, C. Franson, and H. S. Ip. 2008. Genetic evidence of intercontinental movement of avian influenza in a migratory bird: the northern pintail (Anas acuta). Molecular Ecology 17:4754-4762. PDF file 486k

Flint, P., J. Hupp, and J. Pearce. 2007. Assessment of virus movement across continents: using Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) as a test. Trip Report. Capture and Marking of Northern Pintails in Japan. 11-21 February 2007. PDF file 773k

Experimental Design

 Flint, P. 2008. Applying the scientific method when assessing the influence of migratory birds on the dispersal of H5N1 - PDF file 187k