Migration of birds as an indicator of broad-scale environmental condition

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 94, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 55-67

  Tankersley Jr , Roger D ^a  

^a TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geography; Habitat quality; Migratory flight; Neotropical migrants; Stopover

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; MONITORING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS; MIGRATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AVIFAUNA; BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT QUALITY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; REVIEW; SENSOR; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRITORIALITY; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 1942476126     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EMAS.0000016879.82499.b6     Document Type: Review

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