Wind assistance: A requirement for migration of shorebirds?

Auk

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 456-466

  Butler, Robert W ^a,b   Williams, Tony D ^b   Warnock, Nils ^b,c,f   Bishop, Mary Anne ^d,e  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CALIDRIS MAURI; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0030756109     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089246     Document Type: Article

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