Breeding stage influences space use of female American avocets in San Francisco Bay, California

Waterbirds

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-371

  Demers, Scott A ^a,b   Colwell, Mark A ^a   Takekawa, John Y ^c   Ackerman, Joshua T ^d  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b H T HARVEY AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American Avocet; Breeding stage; Home range; Movements; Recurvirostra americana; San Francisco Bay; Shorebird; Space use; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HOME RANGE; INCUBATION; MOVEMENT; SPACE USE; WADER;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CHARADRIIDAE; RECURVIROSTRA AMERICANA;

EID: 58049209399     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695-31.3.365     Document Type: Article

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