Staging behavior in red knot (Calidris canutus) in delaware bay: Implications for monitoring mass and population size

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-63

  Gillings, Simon ^a   Atkinson, Philip W ^a   Baker, Allan J ^b,c   Bennett, Karen A ^d   Clark, Nigel A ^a   Cole, Kimberly B ^e   González, Patricia M ^f   Kalasz, Kevin S ^d   Minton, Clive D T ^g   Niles, Lawrence J ^h   Porter, Ron C ⁱ   De Lima Serrano, Inês ^j   Sitters, Humphrey P ^k   Woods, Jean L ^l  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

^e Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control   (United States)

^f Fundacion Inalafquen   (Argentina)

^g Australasian Wader Studies Group   (Australia)

^h Endangered and Nongame Species Program   (United States)

ⁱ Centro de Pesquisas para Conservação das Aves Silvestres ^*  (United States)

^j Centro de Pesquisas para Conservação das Aves Silvestres CEMAVE IBAMA   (Brazil)

^k Limosa   (United Kingdom)

^l Delaware Museum of Natural History   (United States)

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Author keywords

Calidris canutus; Delaware Bay; Mark recapture models; Mass gain; Passage population size; Red Knot; Staging ecology; Turnover

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MONITORING; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION SIZE; ROOST SITE; ROOSTING; SAMPLING BIAS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WADER;

DELAWARE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 67650312575     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.06247     Document Type: Article

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