Transformations at high latitudes: Why do red knots bring body stores to the breeding grounds?

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 449-457

  Morrison, R I Guy ^a   Davidson, Nick C ^b   Piersma, Theunis ^c,d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ramsar Convention on Wetlands   (Switzerland)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body stores; Calidris canutus; High Arctic; Migration; Phenotypic flexibility; Red Knot; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 18844432560     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7614     Document Type: Article

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