Landbird migration in the American West: Recent progress and future research directions

Condor

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-225

  Carlisle, Jay D ^a   Skagen, Susan K ^b   Kus, Barbara E ^c   van Riper III, Charles ^d   Paxton, Kristina L ^e   Kelly, Jeff F ^f  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Landbird migration; Stopover ecology; Western United States

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 67650299757     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2009.080096     Document Type: Article

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