Changing use of migration staging areas by red knots: An historical perspective from Massachusetts

Waterbirds

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 188-192

  Harrington, Brian A ^a   Hill, Norman P ^b   Nikula, Blair ^b  

^a Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calidris canutus; Historical usage; Massachusetts; Migration stopover; Red Knot; Southward migration; Wintering destinations

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; STOPOVER; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WADER; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

CAPE COD; MAINLAND; MASSACHUSETTS; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 77954196353     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.033.0207     Document Type: Article

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