Sex ratios of Dunlin wintering at two latitudes on the Pacific Coast

Condor

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 352-360

  Shepherd, Philippa C F ^a   Lank, David B ^a   Smith, Barry D ^b   Warnock, Nils ^c   Kaiser, Gary W ^b   Williams, Tony D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calidris alpina; Dunlin; Latitudinal cline; Maximum likelihood model; Morphometric measurement error; Sex ratio; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

CALIDRIS ALPINA;

EID: 0035022588     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2001)103[0352:SRODWA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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