Life history varies with migratory distance in western sandpipers Calidris mauri

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 191-202

  O'Hara, Patrick D ^a,c   Fernández, Guillermo ^a   Becerril, Felipe ^b,d   De La Cueva, Horacio ^b   Lank, David B ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Nanostructures   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATION; PLUMAGE; WADER;

CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CALIDRIS MAURI; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 19444381845     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2005.03368.x     Document Type: Article

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