Correlations between el Niño-Southern Oscillation and changes in nearctic-neotropic migrant condition in Central America

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 809-814

  Wolfe, Jared D ^a,b   Ralph, C John ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition index; Costa Rica; El Ni ; ENSO; O Southern Oscillation; Spring migration

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NEARCTIC REGION; NEOTROPICAL REGION;

COSTA RICA;

AVES;

EID: 73449092193     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.08018     Document Type: Article

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