Rates of mass gain and energy deposition in red knot on their final spring staging site is both time- and condition-dependent

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 885-895

  Atkinson, Philip W ^a   Baker, Allan J ^b,c   Bennett, Karen A ^d   Clark, Nigel A ^a   Clark, Jacquie A ^a   Cole, Kimberly B ^e   Dekinga, Anne ^f   Dey, Amanda ^g   Gillings, Simon ^a   González, Patricia M ^h   Kalasz, Kevin ^c   Minton, Clive D T ⁱ   Newton, Jason ^j   Niles, Lawrence J ^g   Piersma, Theunis ^f,k   Robinson, Robert A ^a   Sitters, Humphrey P ^l  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

^e DNREC   (United States)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^g Endangered and Nongame Species Program   (United States)

^h Fundacion Inalafquen   (Argentina)

ⁱ University of Groningen ^*  (Australia)

^j SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^l Limosa   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Migration strategy; Phenotypic flexibility; Spare capacity; Time minimization

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MIGRATION; SPRING (SEASON); TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; WADER;

DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34347375511     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01308.x     Document Type: Article

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