Fall migration of the Veery (Catharus fuscescens) in northern Colombia: Determining the energetic importance of a stopover site

Auk

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 449-459

  Bayly, Nicholas J ^a   Gómez, Camila ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b   González, Ana María ^b   Rosenberg, Kenneth V ^c  

^a Asociación SELVA Investigación para la conservación en el Neotropico   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Departure fuel load; Flight range; Fuel deposition rate; Migration; Neotropical migratory birds; South America; Stopover duration; Stopover site prioritization

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY MASS; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POPULATION MIGRATION; STOPOVER;

COLOMBIA;

AVES; CATHARUS FUSCESCENS;

EID: 84864712094     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2012.11188     Document Type: Article

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