Migratory orientation of juvenile yellow-rumped warblers (Dendroica coronata) following stopover: Sources of variation and the importance of geographic origins

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1499-1508

  Fitzgerald, Trina M ^a   Taylor, Philip D ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Migration; Natural displacement; Orientation; Stopover; Yellow rumped warbler

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; JUVENILE; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRD;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; DENDROICA CORONATA;

EID: 44949193767     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0579-3     Document Type: Article

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