Use of Fatty Acid Analysis to Determine Dispersal of Caspian Terns in the Columbia River Basin, U.S.A.

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 736-746

  Maranto, Christina J ^a   Parrish, Julia K ^a   Herman, David P ^b   Punt, André E ^a   Olden, Julian D ^a   Brett, Michael T ^c   Roby, Daniel D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian predator; Dispersal; Fatty acid; Hydroprogne caspia; Salmon

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FATTY ACID;

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMARKER; BREEDING POPULATION; DISPERSAL; EMIGRATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FATTY ACID; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IMMIGRATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; SALMONID; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHARADRIIFORMES; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREEDING; CHARADRIIFORMES; FATTY ACIDS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

COLUMBIA BASIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HYDROPROGNE CASPIA; LARIDAE; ONCORHYNCHUS; SALMONIDAE; STERNA CASPIA;

EID: 79960542994     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01706.x     Document Type: Article

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