Establishing the breeding provenance of a temperate-wintering north american passerine, the golden-crowned sparrow, using light-level geolocation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Seavy, Nathaniel E ^a   Humple, Diana L ^a   Cormier, Renée L ^a   Gardali, Thomas ^a  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIRD; BREEDING; BREEDING PROVENANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LIGHT LEVEL GEOLOCATION; NONHUMAN; PASSERINE; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD; SPARROW; UNITED STATES; VELOCITY; ZONOTRICHIA ATRICAPILLA; ANIMAL; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; ZONOTRICHIA ATRICAPILLA;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BODY MASS INDEX; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPARROWS;

EID: 84859624533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034886     Document Type: Article

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