Use of body stores in shorebirds after arrival on High-Arctic breeding grounds

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 333-344

  Morrison, R I Guy ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b,c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; EGG; HABITAT USE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ARENARIA (AVES); ARENARIA INTERPRES; ARENARIA INTERPRES INTERPRES; AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1142274741     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/121.2.333     Document Type: Article

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