An integrative assessment of the effects of tamarisk on stopover ecology of a long-distance migrant along the San Pedro River, Arizona

Auk

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 636-646

  Cerasale, David J ^a,b   Guglielmo, Christopher G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

competition; fat; migrant songbirds; migration; physiological ecology; plasma metabolites; stopover sites; tamarisk; Wilsonia pusilla; Wilsons Warbler

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DETECTION METHOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GUILD; INVASIVE SPECIES; METABOLITE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD; STOPOVER;

ARIZONA; SAN PEDRO RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955075894     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2010.09124     Document Type: Article

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