Arrival timing and seasonal reproductive performance in a long-distance migratory landbird

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-239

  Smith, Robert J ^a,b   Moore, Frank R ^a  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrival timing; Landbird migrant; Migration breeding linkage; Setophaga ruticilla

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; HABITAT QUALITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PASSERINE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; SETOPHAGA; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA;

EID: 12944250846     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0855-9     Document Type: Article

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