Migration ecology and morphometrics of two Bar-tailed Godwit populations in Australia

Emu

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 262-274

  Wilson, J R ^a   Nebel, S ^b   Minton, C D T ^a  

^a Sandneset ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body mass; Charadriiformes; East Asian Australasian Flyway; Migration routes; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BREEDING SITE; MIGRATION ROUTE; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SUBSPECIES; WADER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; YELLOW SEA;

AVES; CHARADRIIFORMES; LIMOSA; LIMOSA LAPPONICA;

EID: 36849022177     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU07026     Document Type: Article

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