Documenting molt-migration in Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis) using two measures of collecting effort

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 260-267

  Barry, Jessie H ^a,b   Butler, Luke K ^a,c   Rohwer, Sievert ^a   Rohwer, Vanya G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collecting effort; Mexican monsoon; Molt migration; Tyrannus verticalis; Western Kingbird

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; DATABASE; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; GROWTH RATE; INDEX METHOD; JUVENILE; MIGRATION ROUTE; MOLT; MONSOON;

NORTH AMERICA;

PASSERIFORMES; TYRANNUS VERTICALIS;

EID: 67650227291     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.07137     Document Type: Article

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