Many routes lead to Rome: Potential causes for the multi-route migration system of Red Knots, Calidris canutus islandica

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1822-1831

  Bauer, S ^a,b,d   Ens, Bruno J ^a,c   Klaassen, Marcel ^a,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calidris canutus islandica; Food intake rate; Icelandic red knot; Migratory connectivity; Optimal migration; Predation risk; Shorebirds; Stochastic dynamic programming model

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; ENERGY BUDGET; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GPS; MIGRATION ROUTE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITE SELECTION; STOCHASTICITY; STOPOVER; TRACKING; WADER;

ANIMAL; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CANADA; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FOOD; GREENLAND; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BREEDING; CANADA; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; FOOD; GREENLAND; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS;

ARCTIC; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 77953241914     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1281.1     Document Type: Article

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