Population-scale drivers of individual arrival times in migratory birds

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1119-1127

  Gunnarsson, Tómas G ^a,b   Gill, Jennifer A ^a,c   Atkinson, Philip W ^d   Gélinaud, Guillaume ^e   Potts, Peter M ^f   Croger, Ruth E ^g   Gudmundsson, Gudmundur A ^h   Appleton, Graham F ^d   Sutherland, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c TYNDALL CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^e Réserve Naturelle des Marais de Séné ^*  (France)

^f Farlington Ringing Group   (United Kingdom)

^g Farlington Ringing Group   (United Kingdom)

^h ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Habitat quality; Migration; Seasonal matching; Shorebirds; Waders

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BREEDING SITE; HABITAT QUALITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPRING (SEASON); WADER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CHARADRIIFORMES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; ICELAND; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; ICELAND; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

AVES; LIMOSA LIMOSA; LIMOSA LIMOSA ISLANDICA;

EID: 33746834976     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01131.x     Document Type: Article

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