Veery (Catharus fuscescens) wintering locations, migratory connectivity, and a revision of its winter range using geolocator technology

Auk

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 531-542

  Heckscher, Christopher M ^a   Taylor, Syrena M ^a   Fox, James W ^b   Afanasyev, Vsevolod ^b  

^a DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catharus fuscescens; Geolocator; Migratory connectivity; Nearctic Neotropical migrant; South America; Veery

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; STOPOVER; WINTER;

AMAZON RIVER; DELAWARE; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CATHARUS FUSCESCENS;

EID: 80051724582     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2011.10280     Document Type: Article

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