Movement behaviour of a forest songbird in an urbanized landscape: The relative importance of patch-level effects and body condition during migratory stopover

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 955-965

  Matthews, Stephen N ^a   Rodewald, Paul G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian migration; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Radio telemetry; Stopover behaviour; Swainson's thrush; Urban forests

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MOVEMENT; PATCH DYNAMICS; RADIOTELEMETRY; SONGBIRD; STOPOVER; URBAN AREA; URBAN FORESTRY; URBANIZATION;

COLUMBUS [OHIO]; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CATHARUS USTULATUS; PASSERI; TURDIDAE;

EID: 77953546141     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9475-0     Document Type: Article

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