Assignment to breeding and wintering grounds using stable isotopes: A comment on lessons learned by Rocque et al

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 709-712

  Larson, Keith W ^a,b   Hobson, Keith A ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Klamath Bird Observatory   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; OVERWINTERING; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 67649976638     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-009-0408-0     Document Type: Article

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