Turnover rates of fall-migrating pectoral sandpipers in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 671-680

  Lehnen, Sarah E ^a,b   Krementz, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b Ohio State School of Environment and Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Calidris melanotos; Length biased sampling; Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley; Migration; Pectoral sandpiper; Radiotelemetry; Stopover duration; Turnover rate

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; MIGRATION; POPULATION ESTIMATION; STOPOVER; WADER;

AVES; CALIDRIS MELANOTOS;

EID: 23744474226     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0671:TROFPS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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