Using isotopic variance to detect long-distance dispersal and philopatry in birds: An example with ovenbirds and American redstarts

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 732-743

  Hobson, Keith A ^a   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^a   Bayne, Erin ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Deuterium; Dispersal; Feathers; Philopatry; Source sink populations; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; ANAS SP.; AVES; CUPRESSUS; GALLIFORMES; PASSERI; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; SETOPHAGA; SETOPHAGA RUTICILLA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 7744232645     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7631     Document Type: Article

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