Local annual survival and seasonal residency rates of semipalmated sandpipers (Calidris pusilla) in Puerto rico

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1397-1406

  Rice, Susan M ^a,d   Collazo, Jaime A ^b   Alldredge, Mathew W ^b   Harrington, Brian A ^c   Lewis, Allen R ^d  

^a Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Apparent survival; Calidris pusilla; Caribbean; Mark recapture; Migration; Semipalmated Sandpiper; Stopover; Winter distribution

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; FAT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESIDENCE TIME; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SONGBIRD; STOPOVER; SURVIVAL; WADER;

ALASKA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CALIDRIS PUSILLA;

EID: 36448939741     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[1397:LASASR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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