Trace elements have limited utility for studying migratory connectivity in shorebirds that winter in Argentina

Condor

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 490-498

  Torres Dowdall, Julian ^a   Farmer, Adrian H ^b,f   Abril, Mónica ^c   Bucher, Enrique H ^d   Ridley, Ian ^e  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA SAN JUAN BOSCO   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^e DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Wild Ecological Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual variability; Calidris; Contamination; Migration; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS CANUTUS; CALIDRIS FUSCICOLLIS; CALIDRIS MELANOTOS; CHARADRIUS COLLARIS; PHALAROPUS TRICOLOR;

EID: 77956932484     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2010.090166     Document Type: Article

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