Body composition and flight ranges of Bar-tailed Godwits (Limosa lapponica baueri) from New Zealand

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 922-937

  Battley, Phil F ^a,c   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Annual cycle energetics; Bar tailed Godwit; Limosa lapponica; Migration; Phenotypic flexibility; Sexual size dimorphism; Shorebird

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; RANGE SIZE; WADER;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

AVES; LIMOSA LAPPONICA; LIMOSA LAPPONICA BAUERI;

EID: 13844294972     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0922:BCAFRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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