Origins of American Kestrels wintering at two Southern U.S. Sites: An investigation using stable-isotope (δd, δ18o) methods

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 325-337

  Hobson, Keith A ^a   Dement, Sam H ^b   Van Wilgenburg, Steven L ^a   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Kestrel; Deuterium; Falco sparverius; Isotopic basemaps; Origins; Oxygen 18; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; FEATHER; GROWING SEASON; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MOLT; OUTLIER; PREDICTION; RAPTOR; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WINTER;

APPALACHIANS; SOUTH CAROLINA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

AVES; FALCO SPARVERIUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 73249137117     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3356/JRR-08-74.1     Document Type: Article

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