Resource use for reproduction depends on spring arrival time and wintering area in an arctic breeding shorebird

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 580-590

  Yohannes, Elizabeth ^a   Valcu, Mihai ^a   Lee, Raymond W ^b   Kempenaers, Bart ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ARRIVAL TIME; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLUTCH SIZE; FOOD LIMITATION; HABITAT SELECTION; MIGRATION; PLASMA; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WADER;

ALASKA; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CALIDRIS MELANOTOS;

EID: 77956738796     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.04965.x     Document Type: Article

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