Differential migration in Western Sandpipers with respect to body size and wing length

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 225-232

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

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b El Restaurante Oystercatcher   (Ecuador)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body size; Calidris mauri; Differential migration; Latitudinal differences; Nonbreeding distribution; Western Sandpiper; Wing allometry

Indexed keywords

CALIDRIS MAURI; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 32344453276     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[0225:DMIWSW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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