Solving a Migration Riddle Using Isoscapes: House Martins from a Dutch Village Winter over West Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Hobson, Keith A ^a   van Wilgenburg, Steven L ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^b,c   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; DEUTERIUM; GAMMA CARBON 13; GAMMA DEUTERIUM; GAMMA NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN 15; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEATHER; FOOD WEB; HABITAT; ISOSCAPE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; ITALY; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; SAINT MARTIN (DUTCH); SPECIES COEXISTENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION; WEST AFRICA; WILDLIFE; WINTER;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BREEDING; CARBON ISOTOPES; FEATHERS; HYDROGEN; NETHERLANDS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AVES; DELICHON; DELICHON URBICA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84866722466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045005     Document Type: Article

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