Moisture as a determinant of habitat quality for a nonbreeding Neotropical migratory songbird

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2874-2882

  Smith, Joseph A M ^a,c   Reitsma, Leonard R ^b   Marra, Peter P ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition; Body mass; Habitat quality; Migratory birds; Nonbreeding winter habitat; Northern Waterthrush; Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, Puerto Rico; Seiurus noveboracensis

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOISTURE; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SONGBIRD; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BODY CONSTITUTION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS; WATER;

PUERTO RICO;

AVES; PASSERI; SEIURUS NOVEBORACENSIS;

EID: 77957748110     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-2212.1     Document Type: Article

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