Determining the sources of calcium for migratory songbirds using stable strontium isotopes

Oecologia

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 569-574

  Blum, Joel D ^a   Taliaferro, E Hank ^b   Holmes, Richard T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Dendroica caerulescens; Hubbard Brook; Strontium isotopes; Warbler

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FOOD SUPPLY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; SONGBIRD;

UNITED STATES;

AVES; DENDROICA CAERULESCENS; GASTROPODA; PASSERI; PHACELIA CONGESTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035039789     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000550     Document Type: Article

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