Feather deuterium measurements reveal origins of migratory western loggerhead shrikes (Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides) wintering in Mexico: Biodiversity research

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 166-171

  Pérez, Guillermo E ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deuterium; Loggerhead shrikes; Migratory connectivity; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEUTERIUM; FEATHER; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

CANADA; CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; LANIIDAE; LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS; LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS EXCUBITORIDES; RAPTORES;

EID: 33847379395     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2006.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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