Tracking long-distance songbird migration by using geolocators

Science

Volumn 323, Issue 5916, 2009, Pages 896-

  Stutchbury, Bridget J M ^a   Tarof, Scott A ^a   Done, Tyler ^a   Gow, Elizabeth ^a   Kramer, Patrick M ^a   Tautin, John ^b   Fox, James W ^c   Afanasyev, Vsevolod ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Purple Martin Conservation Association   (United States)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPPING; MIGRATION; RADAR; SONGBIRD;

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BREEDING; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOLOCATOR; GULF STREAM; HONDURAS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MIGRANT BIRD; MIGRATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NICARAGUA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; SPRING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; SONGBIRDS;

PASSERI;

EID: 60149110307     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1166664     Document Type: Article

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11. We thank C. Graziano, R. Kresnik, T. MacIntosh, M. MacPherson, E. Pifer, T. Piraino, S. Puppi, C. Silverio, and C. Stanley for field assistance. For funding, we thank the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the National Geographic Society, the Purple Martin Conservation Association, and proceeds from (10).