Consistent annual schedules in a migratory shorebird

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 517-520

  Battley, Phil F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Age differences; Migration; Plumage; Repeatability; Shorebird; Timing

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BREEDING SEASON; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOLT; PLUMAGE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIZE EFFECT; WADER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; FEMALE; MALE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOLTING; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; SHOREBIRD;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; LIMOSA LAPPONICA; LIMOSA LIMOSA;

EID: 33845563512     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0535     Document Type: Article

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