Spatial ecology of migratory passerines on temperate and boreal forest breeding grounds

Auk

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 471-484

  Whitaker, Darroch M ^a   Warkentin, Ian C ^b  

^a Gros Morne National Park of Canada   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTECOLOGY; BOREAL FOREST; BREEDING SITE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; PASSERINE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATE FOREST;

EID: 77955081312     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2010.127.3.471     Document Type: Article

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