Is the timing of moult altered by migration? Evidence from a comparison of age and residency classes of Western Sandpipers Calidris mauri in Panamá

Ardea

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-70

  O'Hara, Patrick D ^a   Lank, David B ^a   Delgado, Francisco S ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

Author keywords

Age dependence; Annual cycle; Calidris mauri; Migration; Moult; Non breeding; Oversummering; Shorebirds; Timing

Indexed keywords

MIGRATORY POPULATION; MOLT; PHENOLOGY; RESIDENT POPULATION; WADER;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS MAURI; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0013017664     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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