Philopatry of winter moult area in migratory Great Reed Warblers Acrocephalus arundinaceus demonstrated by stable isotope profiles

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-265

  Yohannes, Elizabeth ^a   Bensch, Staffan ^b   Lee, Raymond ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Deuterium; Nitrogen 15; Philopatry; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOLT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PASSERINE; PHILOPATRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES;

EID: 41349091225     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0271-9     Document Type: Article

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