Conserving migratory land birds in the New World: Do we know enough?

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 398-418

  Faaborg, John ^a   Holmes, Richard T ^b   Anders, Angela D ^c,q   Bildstein, Keith L ^d   Dugger, Katie M ^e   Gauthreaux Jr , Sidney A ^f   Heglund, Patricia ^g   Hobson, Keith A ^h   Jahn, Alex E ⁱ   Johnson, Douglas H ^j   Latta, Steven C ^k   Levey, Douglas J ⁱ   Marra, Peter P ^l   Merkord, Christopher L ^a   Nol, Erica ^m   Rothstein, Stephen I ⁿ   Sherry, Thomas W ^o   Scott Sillett, T ^l   Thompson III, Frank R ^a   Warnock, Nils ^p,r  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c Clancy Environmental Consultants   (United States)

^d Acopian Center for Conservation Learning   (United States)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^h ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^j U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^k Department of Conservation and Field Research   (United States)

^l SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^m TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o Tulane University   (United States)

^p PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^q NAVFAC Pacific   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Breeding season management; Conservation; En route bird conservation; Global climate change; Intratropical migration; Land birds; Migration; Partners in flight; Source sink dynamics; Winter population limitation

Indexed keywords

ACID DEPOSITION; ANNUAL CYCLE; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HABITAT USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RANGE EXPANSION; RESEARCH WORK; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 77649221700     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0397.1     Document Type: Article

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