Plasma metabolites and mass changes of migratory landbirds indicate adequate stopover refueling in a heavily urbanized landscape

Condor

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 284-297

  Seewagen, Chad L ^a,b   Sheppard, Christine D ^b   Slayton, Eric J ^b   Guglielmo, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nearctic neotropical migrant; New York City; Refueling rate; Stopover site quality; Urban habitat

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; AVES; CATHARUS USTULATUS; DENDROICA CORONATA; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS; TURDIDAE;

EID: 79959357022     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2011.100136     Document Type: Article

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