Age-related differences in the stopover of fall landbird migrants on the coast of Alabama

Auk

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 695-707

  Woodrey, Mark S ^a,b   Moore, Frank R ^a  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b Mississippi Museum Natural Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN MIGRATION; MIGRATION; STOPOVER LENGTH;

ALABAMA; USA;

AVES; CAROLINENSIS; CATHARUS USTULATUS; DENDROICA MAGNOLIA; DUMETELLA CAROLINENSIS; MAGNOLIA; MAGNOLIACEAE; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA; TURDIDAE; VIREO GRISEUS; VIREO OLIVACEUS; VIREONIDAE;

EID: 0030967704     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089289     Document Type: Article

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