Relationship between stopover site choice of migrating sandpipers, their population status, and environmental stressors

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 245-261

  Taylor, Caz M ^a   Lank, David B ^a   Pomeroy, Andrea C ^b   Ydenberg, Ronald C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Jacques Whitford Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; Bird migration; Calidris mauri; Departure rules; Genetic algorithm; Optimization; Shorebirds; Stopover ecology

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FITNESS; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC ALGORITHM; MIGRATION; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; PREDATION RISK; SITE SELECTION; STOPOVER; WADER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALIDRIS MAURI; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 47049097622     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJEE.53.3.245     Document Type: Article

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