A puzzling migratory detour : Are fueling conditions in Alaska driving the movement of juvenile sharp -tailed sandpipers ?

Condor

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 129-139

  Lindström, Åke ^a   Gill Jr , Robert E ^b   Jamieson, Sarah E ^c,i   McCaffery, Brian ^d   Wennerberg, Liv ^e,j   Wikelski, Martin ^f   Klaassen, Marcel ^g,h  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^g NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^h DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^j Fylkeshuset   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Age segregated migration; Alaska; Body mass; Calidris acuminate; Fat stores; Migration; Predation; Waders

Indexed keywords

AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS ACUMINATA; SCOLOPACIDAE;

EID: 79957684219     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2011.090171     Document Type: Article

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