Models and reality: Time-energy trade-offs in Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) migration

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2566-2580

  Farmer, Adrian H ^a   Wiens, John A ^b  

^a Biological Resources Division   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Calidris melanotos; Dynamic programming; Landscape; Migration strategy; Model; Pectoral Sandpiper; Shorebird; Stopovers

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENERGY; MIGRATION; PASSERINE;

CALIDRIS MELANOTOS;

EID: 0033407450     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2566:martet]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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