Winter survivorship and site fidelity of Nelson's, Saltmarsh, and seaside sparrows in North Carolina

Condor

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 421-429

  Winder, Virginia L ^a   Michaelis, Adriane K ^b   Emslie, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

A mmodramus caudacutus; Ammodramus maritimus; Ammodramus nelsoni; Migration; Recapture; Site fidelity; Survival

Indexed keywords

AMMODRAMUS MARITIMUS; AMMODRAMUS NELSONI; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 84862277447     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2012.110088     Document Type: Article

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