Linking winter and summer events in a migratory bird by using stable- carbon isotopes

Science

Volumn 282, Issue 5395, 1998, Pages 1884-1886

  Marra, Peter P ^a,c   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Holmes, Richard T ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BIRD; CARBON; HABITAT QUALITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; OVERWINTERING;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BREEDING; DYNAMICS; ISOTOPE LABELING; MIGRATION; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; WINTER;

AVES; PASSERI; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA;

EID: 0032484083     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5395.1884     Document Type: Article

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36. This research was funded through grants from the NSF and the Canadian Wildlife Service. We acknowledge the advice and suggestions of M. Ayres, J. Bates, D. Bolger, P. Chamberlain, R. Greenberg, S. Hackett, B. Kennedy, K. Marchetti, F. Moore, A. Perrault, T. Price, J. V. Remsen, T. Sherry, S. Sillett and two anonymous reviewers. S. van Wilgenburg assisted with sample preparation and G. Parry performed stable isotope analyses at the Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan. We acknowledge the assistance and cooperation of the Natural Resources Conservation Authority of Jamaica, the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, and Pilar Thorn and the Corporation Hondurena de Desarrollo Forestal of Honduras.