Breeding latitude and timing of spring migration in songbirds crossing the Gulf of Mexico

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-316

  Langin, Kathryn M ^a,d   Marra, Peter P ^b   Németh, Zoltán ^c   Moore, Frank R ^c   Kurt Kyser, T ^a   Ratcliffe, Laurene M ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Smithsonian Migr Bird Center   (United States)

^c The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; MONITORING SYSTEM; RADAR; RANGE SIZE; SONGBIRD; STOPOVER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; MNIOTILTA; MNIOTILTA VARIA; PASSERI; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA; WILSONIA (AVES); WILSONIA CITRINA;

EID: 65649123495     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04496.x     Document Type: Article

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