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The Boreal Forest at Risk: A Progress Report

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

NOTE TO READER

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

PART 1 - HOW MANY LANDBIRDS OF HOW MANY SPECIES BREED IN CANADA'S BOREAL FOREST?

a. How many species of landbirds breed in the boreal forest? b. How many individual landbirds are estimated to breed in the boreal forest? c. How many landbirds are there in the boreal forest after breeding?

PART 2 - HOW SIGNIFICANT ARE BOREAL LANDBIRDS THROUGHOUT CANADA, NORTH AMERICA AND THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE?

a. What proportion of Canada's landbirds are produced in the boreal forest? b. Which species of landbirds rely most heavily on Canada's boreal forest for breeding, based on percentage of population and/or range? c. What proportion of landbirds, and what number of landbirds, migrate from the boreal and from Canada after the breeding season? d. Where do boreal migrants go when they leave Canada? e. How significant are these migrants to the avifauna of other countries?

PART 3 - WHICH BOREAL LANDBIRD SPECIES ARE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT DECLINES?

PART 4 - HOW CAN WE BEST ILLUSTRATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BOREAL TO LANDBIRDS?

REFERENCES AND WEB SITES

APPENDIX A: LIST OF LANDBIRDS IN CANADA'S BOREAL FOREST

APPENDIX B: LIST OF LANDBIRDS FAMILIES & THEIR PRESENCE IN BOREAL FOREST

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