Morphometrics and stable isotopes differentiate populations of Northern Wheatears (Oenanthe oenanthe)

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 383-395

  Delingat, Julia ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Dierschke, Volker ^a   Schmaljohann, Heiko ^a   Bairlein, Franz ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Morphometrics; Northern Wheatear; Population differentiation; Stable isotopes; Wing shape

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MORPHOMETRY; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SONGBIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOPOVER; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ARCTIC; FAIR ISLE; FRISIAN ISLANDS; GERMANY; GREENLAND; HELGOLAND; NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; OENANTHE (AVES); OENANTHE OENANTHE; PASSERI;

EID: 79952700481     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0599-4     Document Type: Article

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