Do red knots (Calidris Canutus Islandica) routinely skip iceland during southward migration?

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-55

  Dietz, Maurine W ^a   Spaans, Bernard ^b   Dekinga, Anne ^b   Klaassen, Marcel ^c,d   Korthals, Harry ^c   Van Leeuwen, Casper ^c   Piersma, Theunis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age effect; Calidris canutus; Migration; Red Knot; Sex; Shorebird; Stable carbon isotope; Stopover ecology

Indexed keywords

AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 77949515724     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.090139     Document Type: Article

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