CONTENTS

Foreword: Marshes are Youth of the Earth. 1-3.

Paul Valery

Introduction. 4-8.

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Wader Studies in the Soviet Union: an Historical Perspective. 9-12.

P. S. Tomkovich

Acknowledgements. 13-14.

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SECTION ONE: THE ODESSA PROTOCOL

The Odessa Protocol on International Co-Operation on Migratory Flyway Research and Conservation: the Wader Study Group Conference At Odessa, 13-17 April 1992. 17-21.

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SECTION TWO: CURRENT APPROACHES TO WADER CONSERVATION

Waders As Indicators of Biological Diversity. 23.

V. E. Flint

Towards a Flyway Conservation Strategy For Waders. 24-44.

N. C. Davidson, D. A. Stroud, P. I. Rothwell, M. W. Pienkowski

The African-Eurasian Waterbird Agreement: A Technical Agreement Under the Bonn Convention. 45-50.

G. C. Boere, B. Lenten

A Model For International Waterbird Management Agreements: the Greenland White-Fronted Goose Anser Albifrons Flavirostns. 51-52.

D. A. Stroud

Flyway Management: Needs and Uses. 53-58.

P. M. Rose

The System of Waterfowl Counting in the United Kingdom: Collecting Key Information For the Conservation of Waterfowl Species. 59-60.

J. S. Kirby, D. A. Stroud

Crofting and Bird Conservation On Coll and Tiree. 61-68.

D. A. Stroud

Information For Managing the Coastal Zone in the 1990S: the Example of United Kingdom Coastal and Estuarine Directories and Inventories. 69-72.

N. C. Davidson

Land-Claim and Recreational Pressure On British Estuaries. 73-74.

N. C. Davidson, D. Ds A. Laffoley, L. S. Way

Ecosystem Research Project On Disturbances By Human Activities in the Wadden Sea.. 75.

V. Knoke

The Great Arctic Reserve - Large-Scale Nature Protection in Northern Siberia. 76-77.

P. Prokosch, H. Hoetker

New Ways in Managing Nature Protection: A Smaller Army Brings More Young People To Environmental Work. 78-80.

H.-U. Roesner

SECTION THREE: FLYWAY-SCALE MIGRATION RESEARCH

The Mediterranean Flyway: A Network of Wetlands For Waterbirds. 81-84.

T. M. Van Der Have

Numbers of Juvenile Dunlins Calidris Alpina Ringed At the Vistula Mouth (Southern Baltic, Poland) in Relation To Arctic Breeding Conditions. 85-87.

J. Gromadzka

Siberian Dunlins Calidris Alpina Migrate To Europe: First Evidence From Ringing. 88-90.

J. Gromadzka, V. K. Ryabitsev

Age Differences of Wing Shape in Waders. 91-93.

A. N. Tsvelikh, E. A. Dyadicheva

Following Bird Numbers When They Keep Changing: Is Monitoring of Migratory Waders Possible?. 94.

H.-U. Roesner

SECTION FOUR: WADER RESEARCH IN ARCTIC AND SUBARCTIC REGIONS

Breeding Conditions For Waders in the Tundras of the USSR in 1988. 97-100.

P. S. Tomkovich

Breeding Conditions For Waders in the Tundras of the USSR in 1989. 101-104.

A. Y. Kondratyev

Breeding Conditions For Waders in the Tundras of the USSR in 1990. 105-110.

A. K. Yurlov

Breeding Conditions For Waders in Russian Tundras in 1991. 111-116.

V. K. Ryabitsev

Breeding Conditions For Waders in Russian Tundras in 1992. 117-123.

P. S. Tomkovich

Breeding Conditions For Waders in Russian Tundras in 1993. 124-131.

P. S. Tomkovich

Breeding Conditions For Waders in Russian Tundras in 1994. 132-144.

P. S. Tomkovich

Mapping Breeding Range Structure of Tundra Waders in Russia. 145-151.

E. G. Lappo

Breeding Distribution of Dunlin Calidris Alpina in Russia. 152-169.

E. G. Lappo, P. S. Tomkovich

Long-Term Changes in Wader Populations At the Lapland Nature Reserve and Its Surroundings: 1887-1991. 170-174.

A. S. Gilyazov

Post-Breeding Movements of Oystercatcher Haematopus Ostralegus Broods in the North of Kandalaksha Bay (The White Sea) and Some Aspects of Their Behaviour. 175.

E. A. Lebedeva, V. V. Biancki

Variation in Numbers of Migrating Waders On Bolshoy Ainov Island, Western Murman During 1963-1991. 176-179.

I. P. Tatarinkova

Seasonal Changes in Distribution, Abundance and Numbers of Waders in Relation To Lemming Population Cycles in the West Siberian Tundra. 180-185.

V. S. Zhukov

Distribution of Breeding Waders in the North-East European Russian Tundras. 186-194.

V. V. Morozov

Nesting Density Dynamics and Site Fidelity of Waders On the Middle and Northern Yamal. 195-200.

V. K. Ryabitsev, N. S. Alekseeva

The Phenomenon of Brood Aggregations and Their Structure in Waders in Northern Taimyr. 201-206.

M. Y. Soloviev, P. S. Tomkovich

Lemming Density in Taimyr Tundra and Its Influence On Reproduction of Birds. 207-213.

A. V. Rybkin

Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Wader Numbers in the Delta Complexes of the Northern Subarctic. 214-220.

Y. Yu. Blokhin

Breeding Wader Populations On the Marine Coasts of North-Eastern Sakhalin. 221-224.

A. Y. Blokhin

Distribution of Waders During Migration At Sakhalin Island. 225-232.

V. A. Nechaev

Main Concentrations of Migrating Waders On the Kamchatka Peninsula. 233-236.

E. G. Lobkov

The International Significance of Wetland Habitats in the Lower Moroshechnaya River (West Kamchatka, Russia) For Waders. 237-242.

N. N. Gerasimov, Y. N. Gerasimov

SECTION FIVE: WADER RESEARCH IN BOREAL, TEMPERATE AND STEPPE REIGIONS

5a. Breeding

Important Areas For Breeding Waders in Italy. 245-250.

R. Tinarelli

Age Oometry of the Redshank Tringa Totanus in the South of the Ukraine. 251.

M. E. Zmud

On the Breeding of Kentish Charadrius Alexandrinus and Little Ringed Plovers C. Dubius in the Lower Tiligul Liman, South-Western Ukraine. 252-255.

V. P. Stoylovski, D. A. Kivganov

Numbers and Status of Waders On Dolgiy and Kruglyy Islands in the Black Sea Nature Reserve. 256-260.

T. B. Ardamatskaya

The Oystercatcher Haematopus Ostralegus in the Black Sea Nature Reserve. 261-263.

A. G. Rudenko

Distribution, Numbers and Some Aspects of the Biology of the Kentish Plover Charadrius Alexandrinus in Southern Ukraine. 264-267.

A. I. Korzyukov, O. A. Potapov

Productivity of the Collared Pratincole Glareola Pratincola On the Northern Coast of the Azov Sea. 268.

S. Pozhidaeva, G. N. Molodan

Fluctuations in the Numbers of Breeding Waders During Different Stages of Reservoir Formation. 269.

V. L. Bulakhov, L. A. Leonova, O. M. Myasoyedova

The Influence of Water Levels of Saline Lakes Along the Samara River Valley, Ukraine, On Fluctuations in Numbers of Black-Winged Stilts Himantopus Himantopus and Avocets Recurvirostra Avosetta. 270.

L. Bulakhov, A. A. Gubkin, An. A. Gubkin

Population Changes in Waders Breeding At the Slavyansk Salt Lakes, Eastern Ukraine: Observations From 1985-1991. 271.

S. Pisarev, I. Sykorsky, A. Timoshenko

Review of the Ukrainian Wader Fauna. 272.

V. Serebryakov

Current Population Status of Rare and Protected Waders in South Russia. 273-283.

V. P. Belik

Current Distribution and Population Trends of Some Rare Waders in Belarus. 282-284.

M. V. Nikiforov

Waders of the Novgorod Region: Peculiarities of Their Distribution and Important Breeding Areas. 285-290.

A. L. Mischenko, O. V. Sukhanova

The Importance of the Peatlands of the Upper Volga Area As Habitats For Breeding Waders. 291-298.

V. I. Nikolaev

Curlew Numenius Arquata in the Vologda Region of North-European Russia. 299-302.

V. T. Butiev, E. A. Lebedeva

Rare Breeding Waders of the Moscow Region: Distribution and Numbers. 303-308.

V. A. Zubakin, T. V. Sviridova, V. V. Kontorschikov, O. S. Grinchenko, E. V. Smirnova, S. V. Volkov, E. D. Krasnova, M. L. Kreindlin

Numbers, Reproductive Success and Genetic Structure of Lapwings Vanellus Vanellus in Areas of Varying Pastoral Regimes. 309-314.

S. M. Klimov

Waders in Agricultural Habitats of European Russia. 315-324.

E. A. Lebedeva

Migration, Breeding and Population Size of Curlew Numenius Arquata in Orenburg Region, Russia. 325-328.

G. M. Samigullin

Daily Activity of Stone Curlew Burhinus Oedicnemus During the Breeding Period. 329-332.

A. A. Karavaev

The Numbers of Breeding Waders On Some Lakes in the Lower Amu-Darya River Region, Uzbekistan. 333-336.

E. Shernazarov, M. M. Turaev

Habitat Distribution and Diet of Lapwings Vanellus Vanellus in the Kurgaldzhinskiy Nature Reserve, Central Kazakhstan. 337-341.

V. V. Khrokov

Breeding Dotterels Charadrius Morinellus in the Altai Mountains of Kazakhstan. 342-344.

B. V. Tsherbakov

Status of Snipe Gallinago Spp. and Woodcock Scolopax Rusticola in the South-East of Western Siberia. 345-350.

N. M. Golovina

Population and Range Fluctuations of Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus Semipalmatus in the Central Asian Arid Zone. 351-357.

Yu. I. Melnikov

Waders of the Khubsugul Lake, Mongolia. 358.

N. G. Skryabin, I. I. Toopitsyn

5b. Migration and Wintering

Preliminary Data On the Diet of Migrating Ruffs Philomachus Pugnax in Northern Italy. 361-364.

N. Baccetti, L. Chelazzi, I. Colombini, L. Serra

Stop-Over Strategy of Ruff Philomachus Pugnax During the Spring Migration. 365-369.

N. Baccetti, R. Gambogi, A. Magnani, D. Piacentini, L. Serra

Wood Sandpiper Tringa Glareola and Green Sandpiper Tringa Ochropus in Bulgaria. 370-374.

D. N. Nankinov

Wintering Waders of the Ukrainian Part of the Danube Delta. 375-377.

M. Y. Zhmud

Wader Migration in the North-Western Part of the Black Sea Region. 378.

A. N. Kabakov

The Northern and Western Black Sea Region - the Wadden Sea of the Mediterranean Flyway For Wader Populations. 379-393.

J. Kube, A. I. Korzyukov, D. N. Nankinov, Oag Muenster, P. Weber

Routes and Timing of Common Snipe Gallinago Gallinago Migration in the Ukraine. 394.

V. V. Serebryakov, V. N. Grishchenko

Summer Movements of Waders in the Samur River Delta: Preliminary Data and Review of the Problem For the Caspian Sea Region. 395-402.

E. A. Lebedeva, V. T. Butiev

The Importance of the Western Caspian Coast For Migrating and Wintering Waders. 403-412.

A. O. Shubin

Waders of the Sewage Water Reservoir in the Aksay Town (Uralsky Region). 413.

V. V. Khrokov, N. N. Beryozovikov, F. F. Karpov, A. V. Kovalenko

Between-Year Recapture Rates of Waders Ringed On Migration in South-Eastern Kazakhstan: Constancy in Timing and Location of Flyway Routes. 414-416.

E. I. Gavrilov, S. N. Erokhov, A. E. Gavrilov

Numbers of Migrating Waders in South-East Kazakhstan Assessed By Standardised Monitoring. 417-424.

A. E. Gavrilov, V. I. Pridatko, E. I. Gavrilov, S. N. Erochov

Migration of Waders in the Khabarovsk Region of the Far East. 425-430.

V. V. Pronkevich

Migration of Waders in the Lunski Gulf, North-Eastern Sakhalin. 431-434.

V. B. Zykov, Z. V. Revyakina

SECTION SIX: WADER RESEARCH IN AFRICA

Mass of Ruffs Philomachus Pugnax Wintering in West Africa. 435-440.

Oag Muenster

Observations On Palearctic Waders Wintering in the Inner Niger Delta of Mali. 441-443.

R. Tinarelli

Waders On the Southern Mozambique Coast. 444-447.

P. Nilsson, A. Shubin

Appendix 1. List of Conference Participants. 451-454.

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Appendix 2. Translations of the Odessa Protocol. 457-491.

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Species Index. 493-500.

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