Proximate cues for a short-distance migratory species: An application of survival analysis

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 440-448

  Meunier, Jed ^a,e   Song, Rui ^b,f   Lutz, R Scott ^a   Andersen, David E ^c   Doherty, Kevin E ^c,g   Bruggink, John G ^d   Oppelt, Eileen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^f University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

American woodcock; Great Lakes Region; Migration chronology; Scolopax minor; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; SURVIVAL; WADER;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; MICHIGAN; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

AVES; SCOLOPAX MINOR;

EID: 39449100790     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-521     Document Type: Article

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