Stable isotope evidence for different regional source areas of common crossbill Loxia curvirostra irruptions into Britain

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-34

  Marquiss, Mick ^a,b   Hobson, Keith A ^a   Newton, Ian ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b Environment Canad ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DEUTERIUM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PASSERINE; PROVENANCE; SPECIALIST; STABLE ISOTOPE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; LOXIA; LOXIA CURVIROSTRA; PICEA ABIES; PYRRHULA; PYRRHULA PYRRHULA;

EID: 37849017371     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2008.04212.x     Document Type: Article

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