Body-fat levels and annual return in migrating Semipalmated Sandpipers

Auk

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 904-915

  Pfister, Charles ^a,c   Kasprzyk, Mark J ^b,c   Harrington, Brian A ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FAT RESERVE; MIGRATION; SHOREBIRD; SURVIVAL;

AVES; CALIDRIS PUSILLA; CHARADRIIFORMES; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031724327     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089509     Document Type: Article

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