Breeding destinations and spring migration patterns of Swainson's thrush (Catharus ustulatus) at a Costa Rican stopover site

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-104

  Wilson, Scott ^a,c   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Collister, Douglas M ^c   Wilson, Amy G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Calgary Bird Banding Society   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding destinations; Catharus ustulatus; Costa Rica; Deuterium; Migration ecology; Stable isotopes; Swainson's Thrush

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; BREEDING SITE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PLUMAGE; SONGBIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOPOVER;

ALASKA; CANADA; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; NORTH AMERICA; OSA PENINSULA; PUNTARENAS; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

AVES; CATHARUS USTULATUS; OSA; PASSERI;

EID: 67649819240     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.125.1.95     Document Type: Article

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