Tropical winter habitat limits reproductive success on the temperate breeding grounds in a migratory bird

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1534, 2004, Pages 59-64

  Norris, D Ryan ^a   Marra, Peter P ^b   Kyser, T Kurt ^a   Sherry, Thomas W ^c   Ratcliffe, Laurene M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carry over effects; Migratory birds; Population dynamics; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

BREEDING SITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; HABITAT QUALITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT QUALITY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA; SONGBIRD; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE; TROPICS; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; SETOPHAGA; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA;

EID: 0345741373     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2569     Document Type: Article

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