Are population dynamics of shorebirds affected by El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) while on their non-breeding grounds in Ecuador?

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 96-108

  O'Hara, Patrick D ^a   Haase, Ben J M ^b   Elner, Robert W ^a   Smith, Barry D ^a   Kenyon, Jamie K ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b El Restaurante Oystercatcher ^*  (Ecuador)

Author keywords

climatic cycles; Ecuador; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; non breeding; shorebirds; survivorship

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE CYCLE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVORSHIP; WADER;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; CALIDRIS MAURI; CALIDRIS MINUTILLA; CALIDRIS PUSILLA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 34250890163     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.03.031     Document Type: Article

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