Stable-hydrogen isotope measures of natal dispersal reflect observed population declines in a threatened migratory songbird

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 919-930

  Studds, Colin E ^a   Mcfarland, Kent P ^b   Aubry, Yves ^c   Rimmer, Christopher C ^b   Hobson, Keith A ^c   Marra, Peter P ^a   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Vermont Center for Ecostudies   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicknell's thrush; Conservation biogeography; Dispersal; Movement ecology; Neotropical Nearctic migratory bird; Population declines; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HOME RANGE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NATAL DISPERSAL; POPULATION DECLINE; RARE SPECIES; SONGBIRD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CATHARUS BICKNELLI; PASSERI; TURDIDAE;

EID: 84864959368     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00931.x     Document Type: Article

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