Differential spring migration by male and female Western Sandpipers at interior and coastal stopover sites

Ardea

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 185-196

  Bishop, Mary Anne ^a,b,c   Warnock, Nils ^d,e,f   Takekawa, John Y ^g  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian migration; Calidris mauri; Pacific Flyway; Phenology; Radio telemetry; Sex differences; Shorebirds; Stopover ecology; Waders

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PHENOLOGY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; STOPOVER; WADER;

CALIFORNIA; GRAYS HARBOR; HONEY LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CALIDRIS MAURI; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 24044474392     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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