Wind conditions affect stopover decisions and fuel stores of shorebirds migrating through the south Yellow Sea

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 755-767

  Ma, Zhijun ^a   Hua, Ning ^a   Zhang, Xuan ^a   Guo, Haiqiang ^a   Zhao, Bin ^a   Ma, Qiang ^b   Xue, Wenjie ^b   Tang, Chendong ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongming Dongtan National Nature Reserve   (China)

Author keywords

Body mass; Fuel deposition; Migratory strategy; Wind effect

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; DECISION MAKING; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; SEASONALITY; STOPOVER; WADER; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

AUSTRALASIA; CHINA; CHONGMING DONGTAN NATURE RESERVE; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANGHAI; YELLOW SEA;

AVES;

EID: 80052605320     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01164.x     Document Type: Article

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