Variation in songbird migratory behavior offers clues about adaptability to environmental change

Oecologia

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 849-861

  Calvert, Anna M ^a,b,d   Mackenzie, Stuart A ^c   Flemming, Joanna Mills ^a   Taylor, Philip D ^b   Walde, Sandra J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Bird Studies Canada (Long Point Bird Observatory)   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Departure; Mark recapture; Passerine; Stopover

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HABITAT USE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATORY SPECIES; SONGBIRD; STOPOVER; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

CANADA;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84856804892     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2119-5     Document Type: Article

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