Geographic variation of strontium and hydrogen isotopes in avian tissue: Implications for tracking migration and dispersal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Sellick, Megan J ^a   Kyser, T Kurt ^b   Wunder, Michael B ^c   Chipley, Don ^b   Norris, D Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; STRONTIUM; ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEATHER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GEOLOGY; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; SIMULATION; SONGBIRD; WILD ANIMAL; ANIMAL; BIRD;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERI; TACHYCINETA; TACHYCINETA BICOLOR;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STRONTIUM;

EID: 62749195251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004735     Document Type: Article

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