Site fidelity and local movements of migrating Western Sandpipers on the Fraser River estuary

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 485-490

  Butler, Robert W ^a,b   Shepherd, Philippa C F ^b   Lemon, Moira J F ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; DISPERSION; ESTUARY; MIGRATION; SITE FIDELITY; WADER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER DELTA;

CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS MAURI; MAMMALIA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 0038508994     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0485:SFALMO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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