Stable-isotope (C, N, H) analyses help locate the winter range of the Coastal Plain Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana nigrescens)

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Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1137-1148

  Greenberg, Russell ^a   Marra, Peter P ^a   Wooller, Matthew J ^b,c  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal Plain Swamp Sparrow; Emberizidae; Melospiza georgiana nigrescens; Migratory connectivity; Short distance migration; Stable isotopes; Tidal marsh birds

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; COASTAL PLAIN; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; MOLT; PASSERINE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SWAMP;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

AVES; EMBERIZINAE; MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA; MELOSPIZA GEORGIANA NIGRESCENS;

EID: 36448959032     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[1137:SCNHAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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